Translation
to sell
Examples
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He sold his house to a stranger.
?
Do you sell bread and wine?
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We will sell the horse tomorrow.
is .
The book sold very quickly.
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I do not want to sell my freedom.
is transitive and stays that way, which trips up English speakers who say "the book sold well". Esperanto will not let the object quietly become the subject, so you need i: is . The buyer takes , the price takes : . From the root you also get o for a seller, o for a shop, and i for selling off a whole stock piece by piece.
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