Translation
to permit, to allow, to let
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Examples
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My father does not allow me to go out in the evening.
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Do you permit me to come in?
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The law permits that.
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Allow me to say one word.
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They allowed the children to play in the garden.
The grammar here trips up English speakers every time. What you permit is the direct object, and the person you permit it to goes in the dative with : . English puts the person straight after the verb ("permit me to enter"), so is the standard slip, and it means something quite different. The root gives for permission and o for the physical licence or permit. on its own is a polite "excuse me, may I", and you will hear it constantly at a congress when someone wants past your chair.
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Word family
Words built on permesi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- forpermesonoun
leave of absence, time off; furlough
forpermesi
- malpermesiverb
to forbid, to prohibit
mal-permesi: the opposite of allowing
- malpermesonoun
prohibition, ban
mal-permesi: the opposite of permission
- permesilonoun
permit, licence
permesi-il-: a document that permits
- stirpermesilonoun
driving licence
stiripermesi-il-: a permit to steer
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 12: permesi, mortigi, brako and 7 more words.