Translation
to deserve, to merit
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Examples
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He deserves a reward.
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You deserve a better fate.
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That book deserves attention.
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She deserved the honour.
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He who does not work does not deserve bread.
Transitive and blunt: the thing deserved is a plain object with -n, no preposition anywhere. Note that it cuts both ways, so you can a punishment as readily as a reward. It overlaps with the suffix --, and often you can choose: and a say much the same thing, with the suffix version tighter. is the merit itself, and senmerita describes praise nobody earned.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 6: meriti, onklino, aŭtoro and 7 more words.