Translation
to take
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Examples
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Take my hand.
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He took it and left.
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She took nothing from the house.
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I will take three of them.
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What did you take?
always has an object, so the -n is never optional: , . The prefixes turn it into a whole family of verbs: kunpreni to take along, to take away, depreni to take off, to undertake. It is not , which is to carry once you already have the thing.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on preni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- alpreniverb
to adopt, to take on; to assume (an attitude, a habit)
alpreni
- 膲irka怒preniverb
to take in one's arms, to embrace
膲irka怒preni
- forpreniverb
to take away, to remove
forpreni
- partopreniverb
to take part, to participate
partopreni
- pruntepreniverb
to borrow
pruntipreni
- repreniverb
to take back
re-preni: to take again
- transpreniverb
to take over, to assume (a role, a duty)
transpreni
Used in
Stories
(12)Vido al la maro
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Nia gasto
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Poste estis trinkata teo
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Mil vortoj
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La legendo
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La besto臐ardeno
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La kajto
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La pikniko
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La plenluno
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La taglibro
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Ne anta怒 la gastoj
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Tri mil vortoj
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 12: preni, apud, loko and 11 more words.