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Translation

to move (something)

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Examples

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He moved the chair to the window.

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Do not move the table, it is too heavy.

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The wind moves the leaves.

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She moved her hand very slowly.

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Who moved my papers?

Transitive, always: something moves something else. If a thing moves under its own steam, it as. So as for the cloud drifting, but for the wind pushing it. English collapses the two and Esperanto will not.

is a single move, the kind you make in a game. is a movement in the organised sense, which is why Esperantists talk about and mean the whole international business, congresses and quarrels included.

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Word family

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

  • movadonoun

    movement (organised); motion

    movi-ad-

  • senmovaadjective

    motionless, still

    senmovi

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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 4: movi, beni, ripozi and 7 more words.