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Translation

to call, to summon

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Examples

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The mother called the children to the table.

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He called me in a loud voice.

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We must call the doctor at once.

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Who is calling me?

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The king summoned his soldiers.

means to call somebody to you - to summon. It does not mean to name, which is , and it does not mean to telephone, which is . Get that wrong and Petro says you are summoning a man called Peter rather than calling him by that name. The prefixed forms are worth having: to call over, i to call back or revoke, to evoke, kunvoki to convene a meeting. is the call itself.

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Word family

Words built on voki with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • alvokiverb

    to summon, to call over

    alvoki

  • elvokiverb

    to evoke, to call up; to conjure up

    elvoki

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This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 1: voki, miri, kapabla and 7 more words.