Translation
to write
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Examples
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I wrote a long letter to my mother.
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He wrote his name on the paper.
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Will you write to me tomorrow?
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The boy is learning to write and to read.
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The author wrote that book many years ago.
is the physical act of putting marks on a surface; is to author or compose a work. A secretary the minutes, a novelist a novel, and both are writing in English. The root is generous with affixes: o is a pen or pencil (anything you write with), o a piece of writing, an inscription, to describe, to sign. Note the person you write to takes , and what you write on takes with the accusative of direction.
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Word family
Words built on skribi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- priskribiverb
to describe
priskribi
- skriba膲iverb
to scribble, to scrawl
skribi-a膲-: to write badly
- skribadonoun
writing, handwriting
skribi-ad-: the activity of writing
- skriba牡onoun
a piece of writing
skribi-a牡-: something written
- skribeadverb
in writing
skribi
- skribilonoun
pen, pencil, writing implement
skribi-il-: a tool for writing
- skribistonoun
scribe, clerk
skribi-ist-: a person whose job is writing
- skribotablonoun
desk, writing table
skribitablo
- subskribiverb
to sign (a document)
subskribi
- surskribonoun
inscription, the lettering written on the face of something
surskribi
Used in
Stories
(11)La letero
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Vido al la maro
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Nia gasto
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Kiel mi scios, kiu estas vi?
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Salutojn el la kongreso
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Poste estis trinkata teo
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Mil vortoj
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Du mil vortoj
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La kajto
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La taglibro
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Tri mil vortoj
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Grammar articles
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Esperanto Letter Writing: Register and Politeness
The Esperanto Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota and esti
Esperanto pri- Verbs: pripensi, priskribi, pridemandi
The Esperanto Suffix -um: The Official Wildcard
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 1: skribi, eniri, vojo and 7 more words.