-int-
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
The i vowel of past-tense -is plus the nt of the Latin/Romance active present participle.
SuffixEdit
-int-
- (agentic substantive) -into or inton Nominative do'er of an action, in a past relative to when the verb took place.
- Example: vagi (to wander), vaginto (a prior wanderer)
- Mi estos vaginton.
- I will be a prior wanderer.
- Example: vagi (to wander), vaginto (a prior wanderer)
- (adjectival participle) -inta or intan Characteristic of doing an action, in a past relative to the verb. (active past participle)
- Example: vagi (to wander), vaginta (previously wandering)
- (adverbial participle) -inte In a way characteristic of doing an action, in a past relative to the verb. (active past adverbial participle)
- Example: vagi (to wander), vaginte (in a way affected by previously wandering)
Usage notesEdit
Even if the word takes the accusative form (e.g. vaginton or vagintan), the word forms a substantive or adjective as-if a nominative for the participle's root.