Translation
to close, to shut
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Examples
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Please close the door.
is.
She closed her eyes and fell asleep.
, .
I will close the window, because it is cold.
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The book lay closed on the table.
is .
The gate closed behind us.
is transitive and stays that way, so something has to be shut. If the door shuts itself, you need i: is, not . That is the single commonest slip English speakers make here, because English lets the same verb swing both ways. The opposite is the entirely regular , and ferm- also gives you for closed as a state and o for a fastener or clasp. For shops and offices Esperanto is happy with either verb: or as .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 3: fermi, peza, pura and 7 more words.