Translation
to know how to, to have the skill to
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Word origin
An Esperanto-internal compound of scii ('to know') and povi ('to be able'). Knowing plus being able equals having the learned skill, which is exactly what the word means.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound
- Root
- scii + povi
Examples
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Do you know how to swim?
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She can speak three languages.
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I do not know how to dance.
English can hides two ideas that Esperanto keeps apart. is raw possibility: because the pool is open. is learned ability: because somebody once taught me. For languages, is the idiomatic choice, .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 1: scipovi, problemo, studi and 4 more words.