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Appendix:Variations of "ant" Esperanto Etymology eo :bor la:-ans fr:-ant 1 The eo a vowel of present-tense eo -as plus the eo nt of the eo roa active present participle. Interfix eo nominal -anto One who does the action of the root Example: eo fari to do, make faranto an agent, a doer, a maker (See usage note at -isto) eo adjectival -anta The active present participle Example: eo fari to do, to make faranta doing, making eo adverbial -ante The active present adverbial participle Example: eo fari to do, to make farante doing, making Usage notes See usage notes at eo -isto. Further reading -ant -ant 1 Ido Etymology Borrowed from io eo -ant-, from io en -ant, io fr -ant, io it -ante, it -ente, io es -ante, es -ente and es -iente. With the initial a indicating present tense from io -as. Suffix io suffix suffix forming active participle with io -a io helpar to help helpanta helping io La laboristi helpanta helpis mi kun la datumaro-eroro. The helping workmen helped me with the database error. nominal active participle with io -o io helpar to help helpanto someone that helps; assistant, attendant, helper, auxiliary, ally io Mi havas mia propra helpanto. I have my own helper. plural nominal active participle with io -i io helpar to help helpanti multiple people that helps; assistants, attendants, helpers, auxiliaries, allies io Ni esas bona helpanti. We are good allies. adverbial active participle with io -e io helpar to help helpante helpingly io El helpante fixigis la granda problemo. She helpingly fixed the big problem. Related terms io -int- io -ont- See also io -at- io -it- io -ot-