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Translation

to know

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Examples

, .

I know that you will come.

, ?

Do you know who he is?

.

We did not know the truth.

.

She knows a lot about our language.

, .

I want to know what you think.

is to know a fact; being acquainted with a person or a place is , and mixing the two is the commonest error speakers of English make here. A noun object takes -n as usual ( ), but a clause takes nothing, since a clause cannot be marked accusative. The root gives (knowledge), (science) and , to inform.

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Word family

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

  • eksciiverb

    to find out, to learn of

    ek-scii

  • sciigiverb

    to inform, let know; to announce

    scii-ig-

  • to know how to, to have the skill to

    sciipovi

  • scivolaadjective

    curious, inquisitive

    sciivoli

  • scivolemonoun

    curiosity

    sciivoli-em-: an inclination to want to know

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 11: scii, plej, nia and 10 more words.