Translation
to carry; to wear
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Examples
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She is wearing a beautiful green dress.
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The boy carried the book to the school.
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I cannot carry so much water.
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He carried the child on his arms.
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They will carry the letters tomorrow.
One verb does carrying and wearing, and context sorts it out: clothes on a body are simply things you are carrying about. The prefixes then do the work English hands to particles. is to bring, to carry off, to endure, literally to carry out of. Keep distinct: that is taking hold of something, a single grab, where is keeping hold of it while you move. a gives you portable and o a porter.
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Word family
Words built on porti with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- alportiverb
to bring, fetch
alporti
- elportiverb
to endure, to bear, to put up with
elporti
- forportiverb
to carry away, to take away
forporti: to carry away
- fruktoportaadjective
fruit-bearing, fruitful
fruktoporti: bearing fruit
- leterportistonoun
postman, postwoman, letter carrier
leteroporti-ist-: a person whose job is carrying letters
- transportiverb
to transport, to carry, to convey
transporti
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 8: porti, iam, letero and 7 more words.