Translation
to fear; to be afraid of
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Examples
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Do not be afraid.
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I am afraid of the night.
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She is afraid that he will not come back.
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The child was afraid to stay alone.
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He fears nothing and nobody.
Where English needs afraid of, Esperanto simply makes the thing feared a direct object: , with -n and no preposition at all. It also takes an infinitive ( ) or a clause. The family runs fear, frightening with --, a timid with --, sentima fearless with -.
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Word family
Words built on timi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- ektimiverb
to take fright, to become afraid
ek-timi: to start fearing
- timemaadjective
timid, fearful
timi-em-: inclined to fear
- timigiverb
to frighten, to scare
timi-ig-
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 13: timi, terura, malgranda and 7 more words.