Translation
to give
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 dono for the act of giving and for a present, and fordoni for giving something away for good.
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