Kilo Lingo

#345 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to smile

Examples

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She smiled and said nothing.

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The boy is smiling at his mother.

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He smiled with his eyes.

, .

We will smile when we see you again.

, !

Smile, the day is beautiful!

A smile in Esperanto is a small laugh: plus the diminutive --. That is the language showing its working, and it means you get o for a smile as a noun and for smiling as an adjective without learning anything new. Go the other way with -- and i is to roar with laughter. You smile at someone with , not with a direct object, since is intransitive.

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rideti: worksheet, infographic and listicle

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This word is part of lesson 7.