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  1. Endings on nouns and adjectives match, but never with verbs or adverbs.
    birdo flugas a bird is flying
    bela birdo flugas a beautiful bird is flying
    birdoj flugas birds are flying
    belaj birdoj flugas beautiful birds are flying
    Mi amas belajn birdojn. I love beautiful birds.
  2. The definite article is la.
    ___Birdo flugas. A bird flies.
    La birdo flugas. The bird flies.
    ___Birdoj flugas. ___ Birds fly.
    La birdoj flugas. The birds fly.
  3. Ĉu [Cxu]? - Begins a yes/no question.
    Ĉu [Cxu] birdoj flugas? (Do) birds fly?

  4. Posessive pronouns:
    Mia birdo flugos. My bird will fly.
    Mia nomo estas Ed. My name is Ed.
    Via nomo estas ... Your name is ...

  5. Yes and no
    yes jes
    no ne

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