Translation
to grow
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Examples
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The trees grow quickly in the valley.
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My son grew a lot during the summer.
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Grass grows everywhere in the field.
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The number of members will grow.
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Flowers do not grow without water and light.
is intransitive and stays that way. A farmer does not potatoes; the potatoes and the farmer as them, with -- doing the causing. English hides this because grow covers both, so the mistake feels invisible until someone points at it.
Do not let it slide into , one letter away and a different root entirely: to create. is what already exists getting bigger. The noun is for growth, and is a plant, literally a thing that grows.
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Word family
Words built on kreski with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- kreskaĵonoun
a growing thing, vegetation; plant, growth
kreski-aĵ-
- plenkreskaadjective
adult, full-grown
plenakreski
- plenkreskulonoun
adult, grown-up
plenakreski-ul-: a fully grown person
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 1: kreski, paco, finiĝi and 7 more words.