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Translation

to stand

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Examples

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The big house stands in the town.

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Do not stand there!

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She stood up.

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How do things stand?

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We stood a long time in front of the door.

is a state, being upright, not an action. To get up is i, where -- marks the change into that state, and to stand something up is , where -- adds a doer. That -- and -- pair is the engine of the whole language, and is the cleanest place to see all three forms side by side. is to raise a question.

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Word family

Words built on stari with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • to stand up, to get to one's feet

    ek-stari

  • elstaraadjective

    outstanding, excellent

    elstari

  • memstaraadjective

    self-standing, self-reliant

    memstari

  • to set up, to erect; to stand something up

    stari-ig-

  • stariĝiverb

    to stand up, to get up

    stari-iĝ-: to come to be standing

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 4: stari, ami, koro and 11 more words.