Kilo Lingo

#274 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to exclaim, to cry out

Examples

" !" .

"There he is!" cried the boy.

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She cried out with joy.

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The man cried out and fell to the ground.

"!" , " !"

"No!" she exclaimed, "I do not believe it!"

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Everyone cried out at the same time.

- marks the sudden beginning of an action, so is one burst where is a sustained shout. That single prefix is the whole difference, and it works the same way on i, i, . Be warned that is the workhorse dialogue verb of Zamenhof-era prose: read the and somebody on nearly every page. In modern conversational Esperanto it reads a shade literary, and does the job with less costume.

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This word is part of lesson 6.