Translation
to come
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Examples
?
Will you come?
.
She came to us.
!
Come here!
, .
He could not come, because he did not have time.
.
The time has come.
is movement towards the speaker; is movement away. It takes no object, so the destination arrives through or through the accusative of direction: , . Prefixes extend it neatly into (to arrive), (to return) and elveni (to come out), and , built from and , is simply welcome.
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Word family
Words built on veni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
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Stories
(10)La letero
1 min read 路 Core 1000
Kiom da homoj?
1 min read 路 Core 1000
Cent homoj
1 min read 路 Core 1000
Vido al la maro
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Nia gasto
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Kiel mi scios, kiu estas vi?
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Salutojn el la kongreso
2 min read 路 Core 1000
La ru臐a ganto
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Poste estis trinkata teo
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Mil vortoj
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Grammar articles
(9)Esperanto Aspect Affixes: ek-, re-, -ad-, dis- and mis-
Esperanto -us and -u: Conditional and Imperative
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Esperanto Greetings: Saluton, Dankon and Survival Phrases
Esperanto Participles as Nouns: parolanto, venkinto
The Esperanto Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota and esti
Esperanto Verb Tenses and Conjugation: -as, -is, -os
Esperanto Affixes: The Full List of Prefixes and Suffixes
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and anka怒
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veni: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 12: veni, granda, multa and 9 more words.