Sxatas (Esperanto-English)

Ana tre sxatas foti. = Ana very much likes taking pictures.
Kia persono estas Ana? = What kind of person is Ana?
Ana estas fotema persono. = Ana is a fond of taking pictures person.

tre = very
persono = person
-em- = to be fond of

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Ana estas juna, do kio sxi estas? = Ana is young, so what is she?
Sxi estas junulo. = She is a young-person

Fang estas kurema, do kio sxi estas? = Fang is fond of running, so what is she?
Sxi estas kuremulo.= She is a person who is fond of running.
(kur- = run; -em- = fond of; -ul- = type of person; -o = noun)

juna = young
junulo = young-person
maljuna = old
-ul- = type of person

Note - if a question begins with "kia" the question needs to include an adjective. If it is "kio" it needs a noun. For example:
Petro sxatas dormi, do kia estas Petro? = Petro likes to sleep, so what (adjective) is Petro?
Petro estas dormema persono. = Petro is a fond-of-sleeping person. (adj-noun)
Petro sxatas dormi, do kio estas Petro? Petro likes to sleep, so what (noun) is Petro?
Petro estas dormemulo. = Petro is fond-of-sleeping person. (noun)

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Ili profesie fotas, do kio ili estas? = They photograph professionally, so what (noun) are they?
Ili estas fotistoj. = They are photographers.
La hobio de Ana estas Esperanto, do kio sxi estas? = The hobby of Ana is Esperanto, so what (noun) is she?
Sxi estas Esperantisto. = She is an Esperanto-ist
La ideologio de Lenin estis komunismo, do kio li estas? = The ideology of Lenin was communism, so what (noun) is he?
Li estis komunisto. = He was a communist.

profesie = professionally
hobio = hobby
ideologio = ideology
komunismo = communism
-ist- = indicates profession, hobby, or ideology
-ism- = same as in English (ideology / phiolosophy / way of thinking) it appears

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Kio estas malgranda knabo, per alia vorto? = What is a small child, with another word?
Malgranda knabo, per alia vorto, estas knabeto. = A small child, with another word, is a little-child

Kio estas granda pilko, per alia vorto? = What is a big ball, with another word?
Granda pilko, per alia vorto, estas pilkego. = A big ball, with another word, is a big-ball.

per = with
Alia = another
vorto = word
-et- = diminutive, little/small
-eg- = large/big

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Kion faras la arbo? = What does the tree do?
La arbo falas. = The tree falls
Kion faras la viro? = What does the man do?
La viro faligas la arbon = The man fells the tree.
La viro igas la arbon fali = The man causes the tree to fall.

Kion faras la junuloj? = What do the young people do?
La junuloj dancas kun muziko. = The young people dance with music.
La muziko dacigas la junulojn. = The music makes the young people dance.

-ig- to cause / to make
igas = to cause
falas = to fall
kun = with
muziko = music
dancas = to dance
patro = father
infano = infant
cxevalo = horse

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