Translation
to look for, search for, seek
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Examples
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I am looking for my book.
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She looked for him all over the house.
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What are you looking for?
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They will look for a new place for the meeting.
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Seek, and you will find.
Here is the classic English-speaker trap: is transitive and swallows the for. Say , never , because would mean you are searching on the book's behalf. The pair and maps cleanly onto looking versus finding, and elserĉi means to search out. is a search, traserĉi is to search a place thoroughly, right through.
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Word family
Words built on serĉi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- priserĉiverb
to search (a place)
priserĉi: to search through
- serĉadonoun
search, searching
serĉi-ad-: the act of searching
- serĉilonoun
search engine; search tool
serĉi-il-: a tool for searching
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 6: serĉi, zorgi, batali and 7 more words.