Translation
to love
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Examples
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I love you.
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She loves her father.
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He loved her with all his heart.
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He who loves, fears.
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A friend is someone one loves.
covers the whole English range of love, from a person to a habit, while mere liking is , and keeping the two apart saves some awkwardness. The reflexive is worth care: is her own father, is somebody else's. The root gives , ama, for beloved and for a lover.
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Word family
Words built on ami with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- amatinonoun
girlfriend; sweetheart
ami-at--in-
- amegiverb
to adore, to love dearly
ami-eg-: to love intensely
- amemaadjective
affectionate, loving
ami-em-: inclined to love
- amindaadjective
lovable, lovely
ami-ind-: worthy of being loved
- amindumiverb
to court, to woo
ami-ind--um-
- ekamiverb
to fall in love (with), to grow fond (of)
ek-ami: to start loving
- enamiĝiverb
to fall in love
enami-iĝ-
- gastamaadjective
hospitable
gastoami
- homamaadjective
philanthropic, loving humankind
homoami: loving people
- homamonoun
love of humanity, philanthropy
homoami: love of people
- malamiverb
to hate
mal-ami
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ami: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 4: ami, koro, laŭ and 11 more words.