Subtenita tra elĉerpiteco
B1 Esperanto listening practice · Esperanto (constructed language) · Curated for intermediate learners
💡 Did you know?
What does the suffix “-ec-” mean in Esperanto?
-ec-
Esperanto word-building
the ending that turns a quality into an abstract noun — “exhausted” into “exhaustion”
Recording a video despite feeling drained, this creator names the state directly: “Mi estas plenplene elĉerpita” — “I’m completely exhausted” — and titles the whole video around the noun, elĉerpiteco, “exhaustion.” -ec- is what makes that noun possible: added to an adjective, it names the abstract quality itself, not the thing that has it.
The same pattern gives Esperanto riĉa (rich) → riĉeco (wealth) and bela (beautiful) → beleco (beauty). Elĉerpita itself stacks two more pieces onto the root ĉerpi (“to scoop, to draw out,” as from a well) — el- (“out”) plus the passive participle -it- — before -ec- turns the whole adjective into a noun.
From CatieKejti↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Explore Esperanto Comprehensible Input on Reelang
Open Esperanto hub →By skill level