Translation
to touch
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Examples
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Do not touch the fire!
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He touched her hand and smiled.
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The branches touch the water of the river.
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That question concerns us all.
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She touched me on the shoulder.
is transitive and takes the thing touched as a direct object, with no preposition in the way. It carries the figurative sense too, so a matter that you is one that concerns or affects you, exactly as in English. is the noun, means untouchable, and i gives you the brief contact of a single touch rather than sustained pressure. Keep apart from , which is what you do with the sensation rather than to the object.
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Word family
Words built on tuŝi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- ektuŝiverb
to touch (suddenly), to brush against
ek-tuŝi: to touch briefly
- kortuŝiverb
to move emotionally, to touch the heart
korotuŝi
- netuŝeblaadjective
untouchable
netuŝi-ebl-: not able to be touched
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 12: tuŝi, firma, malgraŭ and 7 more words.