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Ch 20 · Lesson 9

False friends: pretendi, kontroli and the verbs

claims, checks, asks, waits. To pretend is i, to rule is , to demand is , to attend is .

The short version

checks, claims, waits

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Check the numbers, but he rules the country.
Why?

Four verbs whose English lookalikes take you somewhere else. is to check, verify or supervise, not to rule; to rule is . is to claim: something as yours by right, the way a pretender claims a throne, or, often boastfully, that something is so; to pretend, to act it out, is i. asks for information only; to demand is . And is to wait, so says you waited for it: to attend is .

Verbs that lie

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EsperantoMeansSay instead
to claimpretend:
to check, to inspectrule:
to ask a questiondemand:
to wait, to expectattend:
to carry outgrasp:

claims: a right, the way a pretender claims a throne, or, often boastfully or falsely, that something is true. That second sense is as close as it gets to English pretend; acting something out, making believe, is to make it seem:

to seem; to make it seem, to pretend
  • . - He claims the throne.
  • , . - He claims (with no proof) that he knows the king.
  • , . - He pretended to be asleep.

checks, inspects and supervises; it does not rule. To rule or command is :

  • . - Check the numbers.
  • . - The king rules the country.

asks for information. Asking for a thing or a favour is ; demanding is :

  • , . - He asked where I live.
  • . - I asked him to help.
  • . - They demand more money.

waits. To attend is to be present, :

  • . - I waited for you for an hour.
  • . - I attended the meeting.

makes a plan real. Realising a fact is i:

  • . - We carried out the plan.
  • , . - Suddenly I realised that she was right.

Going further: Why English is the odd one out and the rest of the guide, when you want them. This lesson does not need them.

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