Translation
to win; to gain, to earn
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Examples
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He won the game.
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I earn enough money.
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She hopes to win first place.
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We will gain nothing by that sort of work.
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What did you gain by your silence?
and split the English word "win" between them, and mixing them up is the trap here. You the prize, the game, the money, the thing you walk away with; you the opponent you beat. So means he beat me, while means he won the match. The opposite is , and the noun covers both a win and a profit. is transitive throughout, so the object always takes -n.
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Word family
Words built on gajni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malgajniverb
to lose (money, a bet)
mal-gajni: the opposite of gaining
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 9: gajni, sincera, veturilo and 7 more words.