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Translation

to ask

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Examples

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He asked where I was.

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I asked her about the matter.

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She asked nothing.

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Do not ask why.

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The child is always asking.

Esperanto splits what English calls asking. is to put a question; is to ask for something you want. Ask a stranger for the time and you , ask him what the time is and you . The person questioned is a direct object and the topic goes with : . The noun is .

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Word family

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

  • demandaronoun

    questionnaire, list of questions

    demandi-ar-: a collection of questions

  • to question, to interrogate

    pridemandi

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 2: demandi, morti, dio and 11 more words.