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Translation

to enjoy

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Examples

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We enjoyed the beautiful, quiet evening.

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He enjoys good health at his age.

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She enjoyed every moment of the journey.

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I greatly enjoyed your long letter.

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They enjoyed the music until late in the night.

takes a direct object with no preposition, which trips up speakers of languages that insist on one. It also covers the dry sense of enjoying a right or good health, exactly as English does.

Keep it apart from its neighbours. is to like in general, a standing attitude. runs the other way round, with the thing as subject: . is the active savouring of something while it happens. Ĝuo is the pleasure and a means worth enjoying.

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Word family

Words built on ĝui with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • to look forward to, to enjoy in advance

    antaŭĝui

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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 11: ĝui, gepatro, sopiri and 7 more words.