Translation
to question, to interrogate
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Word origin
Built inside Esperanto from the preposition pri ('about, concerning') and demandi ('to ask'). Both pieces are already in the learner's hands, which is the whole point of the pattern.
- Origin
- Esperanto
- Root
- pri + demandi
Examples
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The police questioned all the neighbours about that night.
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They questioned him for three hours.
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I do not want to be questioned about that crime.
This one comes apart cleanly, and the seam is a real and productive pattern. Demandi is to ask. Put the preposition pri on the front and the thing the asking is about becomes the direct object: you , but you . The person gets the accusative. That is what the - prefix does in general - it drags the prepositional complement into the object slot.
The same trick built prilabori (to work over, to process) out of , and it also gives priparoli (to discuss), (to think over), (to describe), prizorgi (to look after). Learn the mechanism once and six words arrive free. That is the Esperanto bargain in miniature.
Register: is heavier than . It is what the police do, what a court does, what a suspicious parent does. If you just want to ask your friend something, is the word; implies a session and probably an unwilling answerer. The noun is , an interrogation.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 24, lesson 3: pridemandi, mafio, futbalo and 7 more words.