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Translation

to please, to be pleasing to

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Examples

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I like the book.

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Do you like the music?

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Everyone liked her smile.

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The master did not like that idea.

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He likes long journeys.

Same reversal as : the pleasing thing is the subject and the person goes in . is literally the book pleases to me, and it is the everyday way to say you like something, alongside . Learn the pair together and you can flip between them at will. means pleasant, and is a courteous if you please.

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Word family

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

  • malplaĉiverb

    to displease

    mal-plaĉi: the opposite of pleasing

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 11: plaĉi, lerni, signo and 11 more words.