Translation
to inform, to tell
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Examples
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I informed him about the meeting.
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She informed us that the train would be late.
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The magazine informs about all important matters.
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Please inform me of your decision.
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They will inform the family tomorrow.
The object of is the person, not the news: , never the other way round. That is the same shape as English "inform" and the opposite of "tell", which explains why speakers slide between the two and land wrong. Esperanto also has the home-built , literally to cause to know, which does the identical job with a native root - , and note that here the person takes . The derivations are obvious: , o, o.
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Word family
Words built on informi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- informejonoun
information desk, information office
informi-ej-: a place for informing
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 4: informi, ege, ekrigardi and 7 more words.