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Translation

to pass, go by; to elapse

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Examples

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Many years have passed since that day.

.

Time passes quickly.

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We passed through the forest.

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The danger has already passed.

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Three hours will pass before his arrival.

is intransitive. Time passes, danger passes, you pass through a wood, but nothing takes an object. To spend time is , with the causative suffix doing the work, so is correct and is the standard learner slip. The participle gives you past as an adjective, so is last year, matched by for next. is to walk past something without stopping.

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Word family

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

  • to pass away, to die; to elapse

    forpasi

  • passer-by

    pasi-ant-

  • pasigiverb

    to spend (time), to pass (time)

    pasi-ig-

  • the past

    pasi-int--ec-

  • password

    pasivorto

  • preterpasiverb

    to pass by, to go past

    preterpasi: to pass beyond

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 1: pasi, ĝusta, forgesi and 7 more words.