Translation
to be thirsty; to thirst for
Word origin
From French soif ('thirst'), which comes from Latin sitis. Esperanto turns the noun into a verb, so where English says 'to be thirsty' with an adjective, Esperanto simply says mi soifas.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- soif
Examples
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I am thirsty; give me some water.
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The horse was thirsty after the long road.
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She was thirsty and drank a whole glass of water.
English needs three words for this and Esperanto needs one: , I am thirsty. The noun is soifo and the adjective soifa, but the verb does most of the work. It takes a figurative object as happily as a literal one, so you can o and nobody blinks.
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