Translation
to give
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Examples
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He gave me everything.
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I give, you receive.
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What did you give her?
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The father gave the child a name.
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Do not give your heart away too quickly.
takes the gift as its direct object and the recipient with , always: . English hides the preposition in give me the book, and that dropped is one of the commonest beginner slips. The root gives for the act of giving and for a present, and for giving something away for good.
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Word family
Words built on doni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- aldonaĵonoun
addition, supplement; attachment (to an email)
aldoni-aĵ-: something added
- aldoneadverb
in addition, additionally
aldoni: by way of adding
- aldoniverb
to add, append
aldoni
- disdoniverb
to distribute, to hand out
dis-doni: to give in all directions
- donemaadjective
generous
doni-em-: inclined to give
- donitaĵonoun
a given, a datum; (plural) data
doni-it--aĵ-
- eldoniverb
to publish, to issue
eldoni
- fordoniverb
to give away
fordoni: to give away
- pruntedoniverb
to lend, to loan
pruntidoni
- redoniverb
to give back, to return
re-doni: to give again
- sindonemaadjective
devoted, selfless
sidoni-em-
- voĉdoniverb
to vote
voĉodoni
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 1: doni, tago, ĉio and 9 more words.