Translation
to change, to alter (intransitive); to turn into
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Examples
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The weather changed suddenly.
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His face changed when he heard the name.
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Nothing changes in that small village.
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The world will change, but not today.
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After a few years she had changed completely.
English uses one verb for two jobs: I change the plan, and the plan changes. Esperanto refuses to be that sloppy. is transitive and always wants an object, while carries the -- suffix that turns a verb inward, so the subject is the thing undergoing the change. Say but . Getting this wrong is the single commonest slip English speakers make with Esperanto verbs, and it repeats across the whole language: and , and , and i. Learn the pattern once and you have earned hundreds of verbs.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 3: ŝanĝiĝi, vagonaro, malalta and 7 more words.