Translation
to order, to command
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Examples
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The king ordered that everyone should come.
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He ordered the soldiers to stay in the town.
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She does not like it when people give her orders.
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The captain ordered the door to be opened.
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Who ordered that?
Two things to get right. The person receiving the order takes , not the accusative: , never - the object slot belongs to the order itself. And the content of the order goes in the volitive with -u: . Beginners default to -as there and it is one of the most visible slips in early writing. The same rule covers , and with . is an order; a is bossy.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 11: ordoni, hodiaŭ, vespero and 7 more words.