Translation
to join, sign up, enrol
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Word origin
Built inside Esperanto from the preposition al ('to') plus the suffix -iĝ ('to become') plus the verb ending -i: to become attached to something. The word has lexicalised as the standard verb for joining a club or registering for a congress, and an aliĝilo is the sign-up form.
- Origin
- Esperanto affix formation
- Root
- al + -iĝ- + -i
Examples
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I joined the group a year ago.
?
Have you already signed up for the congress?
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More than a hundred people joined the new society.
is what you do to a congress, a club or a mailing list: . Movement Esperanto runs on the word - the form you fill in to register is the o, one of the first bits of club jargon every learner meets.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on aliĝi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- aliĝilonoun
registration form, application form
aliĝi-il-: a tool for joining
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 10: aliĝi, senco, koncerto and 7 more words.