Translation
to guard, to protect, to watch over
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Examples
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The dog guards the house.
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Two soldiers guarded the gate during the night.
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Beware of bad friends!
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She kept the secret for many years.
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He looked after the children all evening.
is the watchful verb: you stand over something so that nothing happens to it. is what you do once something has. The reflexive sin is the standard way to say beware of, and it appears in the imperative constantly - is the Esperanto warning label. Derivatives are predictable: o a guard, the act of guarding, sengarda unguarded. Against , which is about keeping a thing in good condition, is about keeping it from harm.
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Word family
Words built on gardi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- gardistonoun
guard, warden, keeper
gardi-ist-: a person whose job is guarding
- singardaadjective
cautious, careful
sigardi
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 13: gardi, frua, devigi and 7 more words.