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Translation

to eat

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Examples

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We eat bread every day.

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He ate quickly and left.

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Have you already eaten?

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The children will eat after the game.

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I want to eat something warm.

One root, a whole kitchen: is a meal, o is food, o is a canteen, o a piece of cutlery, and a describes someone who is always hungry. The -- suffix matters here, because and o are not interchangeable - one is the event, the other is the stuff. works happily without an object when you just mean to have a meal.

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Word family

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

  • formanĝiverb

    to eat up, to devour

    formanĝi: to eat away

  • manĝaĵonoun

    food; a dish

    manĝi-aĵ-: something to eat

  • manĝeblaadjective

    edible

    manĝi-ebl-: able to be eaten

  • manĝejonoun

    dining room; eating place, canteen

    manĝi-ej-: a place for eating

  • manĝetiverb

    to nibble, to have a snack

    manĝi-et-: to eat a little

  • cutlery, eating utensils

    manĝi-il--ar-

  • breakfast

    matenomanĝi

  • lunch

    tagomanĝi

  • dinner, evening meal

    vesperomanĝi

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 1: manĝi, tago, ĉio and 9 more words.