Translation
to give birth to, to bear; to produce
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Examples
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She gave birth to a beautiful daughter.
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The mother bore three children.
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That idea gave rise to a great movement.
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The cat had five young.
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War produces nothing but misery.
is transitive and the mother is the subject: she bears the child, the child is the object. To say you were born you need the intransitive - Madrido - and getting this backwards is one of the classic beginner errors, because English "I was born" looks passive and tempts you into . That form exists but means you were delivered by someone, which is not what you meant. The root also gives for a birthday and for something you have had from birth, as in .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 1: naski, estaĵo, ŝuldi and 7 more words.