Agglutination
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Agglutinating languages are languages that combine several grammatical elements into a single word rather than using several words to convey information. Normally this is done by adding several endings.
Examples for agglutinating languages are Japanese, Turkish, Finnish and Esperanto
For example:
Finnish:
- talossani: talo=house, -ssa = in, -ni = my -> in my house
Japanese:
- æ³³ã?’ã?•ã?›ã‚‰ã‚Œã?Ÿ = (æ³³ã?? + ーã?ˆã‚‹ + ã?•ã?›ã‚‹ + られる + ã?Ÿ)
- oyogesaserareta = (oyogu + -eru + saseru + rareru + ta)
- I was made to be able to swim. = (swim + potential + made/let + passive + past)
Esperanto:
- skribilo: {skrib' = write; -il- = tool; -o = noun} = writing implement
- arbaro: {arb' = tree; -ar- = collection of; -o = noun} = forest
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Translations
- Esperanto: aglutino
- Polish: aglutynacja f
- Portuguese: aglutinação f
- Swedish: agglutinering c
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