Translation
to collect, to gather
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Examples
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I collect old books.
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She gathered flowers in the garden.
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We will collect money for the school.
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The boy wants to collect stones.
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Collect the papers from the table.
is strictly transitive: something has to be collected, and it takes the -n. When a crowd gathers of its own accord you need i, the -- form, or simply . This is the single most common mistake English speakers make with the word, because English lets "gather" swing both ways. The root also gives for a collection and for a collector, and for collective, which is worth keeping apart from .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 9: kolekti, sincera, veturilo and 7 more words.