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Translation

to reach; to attain, to achieve

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Examples

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We reached the village before night.

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He reached his goal after many years.

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The water reached the wall.

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She could not reach the book with her hand.

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When will we reach the sea?

is transitive and takes its target directly: , never . That stray is the standard English-speaker slip, imported from "get to". Keep it apart from , which is intransitive, means to arrive, and does take . Roughly: is about turning up somewhere, is about getting as far as something, whether that is a town, a goal or a shelf. is an achievement and neatingebla means out of reach.

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Word family

Words built on atingi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • atingeblaadjective

    reachable, attainable

    atingi-ebl-: able to be reached

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This word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 9: atingi, amba怒, dormi and 7 more words.