Translation
to bless
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Examples
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God bless you, my son.
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The priest blessed the parents.
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She blessed the day she came here.
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The old man blessed his sons before death.
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We are blessed with good weather.
is worth taking apart, because the -u is doing real work. It is the volitive, the form for wishing and commanding, and it is how Esperanto expresses everything English handles with may or let: , , . There is no separate subjunctive to learn.
- gives , to curse, which sits at rank 707 on this list; the pair travels together in the literature. is a blessing, and describes the person or thing blessed.
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Word family
Words built on beni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malbeniverb
to curse
mal-beni
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 4: beni, ripozi, kontenta and 7 more words.