Translation
to fix, to fasten, to set
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Examples
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He fixed the picture to the wall.
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We set the date of the meeting.
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She fixed her eyes on me.
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The rule has been set by the committee.
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Please set the time of our meeting.
is transitive and means to make something stay put, whether that is a nail in a wall, a date in a diary or a stare on someone's face. What it does not mean is repair. English "fix" grew that second sense; Esperanto did not follow, so a broken chair is , never . Beyond that the derivations are obvious: for fixed, i for something settling into place of its own accord, and nefiksita for anything still loose.
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Word family
Words built on fiksi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- fiksrigardiverb
to stare, to gaze fixedly
fiksirigardi
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 11: fiksi, vasta, mizero and 6 more words.