Translation
to sit, to be sitting
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Examples
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He is sitting on the chair by the window.
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We sat in silence for a long time.
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The cat was sitting on the table.
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She sat and read a book.
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Sit down, please.
is a state, not a movement: it means to be in a seated position. To sit down, which is a change of state, you want or . English blurs the two with one verb and a particle, so learners write and quietly say something odd. i with the causative is to seat someone else. The same three-way pattern governs / i / and / i / i, so learning it once pays three times.
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Word family
Words built on sidi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
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Stories
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La pikniko
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La taglibro
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La tendaro
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Tri mil vortoj
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 2: sidi, lasta, denove and 6 more words.