-int-

See also: int, Int, INT, .int, int', -int, in't, and i'n't

Esperanto

Etymology

The i vowel of past-tense -is plus the nt of the Latin/Romance active present participle.

Suffix

-int-

1. (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.

2. (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)

3. (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 notes

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.