Translation
to like, to be fond of
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Examples
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I like to read before sleep.
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She does not like cold weather.
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Do you like the music?
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He liked his work, although it was difficult.
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We all like you.
puts you in charge: you are the subject and the thing liked is a plain accusative object, exactly as in English. Its mirror image is , where the thing does the work and you sit in - and mean much the same and are built back to front from each other. Keep for people and passions; is a shade dramatic where will do.
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Word family
Words built on ŝati with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malŝativerb
to dislike
mal-ŝati: the opposite of liking
- ŝatokuponoun
hobby
ŝatiokupi
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 9: ŝati, pripensi, ĝardeno and 11 more words.