Translation
to be born
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Examples
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I was born in a small village.
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Her daughter was born last night.
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The child was born healthy and strong.
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Where and when were you born?
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Out of that idea a great movement was born.
English says born with a passive, which sends learners hunting for . Esperanto does it with the -- suffix instead: is what the mother does to the child, and is what the child does, coming into being. The same pair runs through the language, so and , and i. is your birthday, literally your being born day, and naskiĝlando your country of birth. All of it from one root and one suffix.
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Word family
Words built on naskiĝi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- naskiĝtagonoun
birthday
naskiĝitago
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 13: naskiĝi, flugi, trans and 7 more words.