Kilo Lingo

#783 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to burn, to be on fire

Examples

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The house is on fire.

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The fire burned all night.

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Dry wood burns faster.

honto.

My face was burning with shame.

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When we arrived, the forest was already burning.

is intransitive and that is the whole lesson: the thing on fire is the subject, so and never . To burn something you need the causative i, and to set light to it i. English uses one verb for both directions, which is why this is among the most reliable slips a beginner makes. The root also gives brulo for a blaze, brulvundo for a burn injury and a for flammable.

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This word is part of lesson 16.