Translation
to adopt, to take on; to assume (an attitude, a habit)
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Word origin
Built inside Esperanto, not borrowed: the preposition al ('to, towards') prefixed to preni ('to take'). The pattern matches English take on and German annehmen almost exactly.
- Origin
- Esperanto
- Root
- al + preni
Examples
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He took on a new habit.
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The country adopted the new law.
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She assumed a serious expression.
Prepositions work as prefixes in Esperanto, and this is one of the most useful results. is to take; is to take something towards yourself and keep it - a habit, a name, a law, a manner. Compare depreni (take off), elpreni (take out), (take away). None of these needed a dictionary entry to exist; the grammar generates them and the reader decodes them.
Adopting a child is , a separate root. is for everything else.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 3: alpreni, universala, ardi and 6 more words.