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An infinitive verb in Esperanto always ends in "i". When you remove the i, you have the stem of the verb, and using that stem you can later form all the tenses.
An infinitive verb in Esperanto always ends in "i". When you remove the i, you have the stem of the verb, and using that stem you can later form all the tenses.


  to sing kanti
   
  to fall fali
{| class="wikitable"
to sleep dormi
|Verb in English
to walk promeni
|Verb in Esperanto
to sit sidi
|-
to stand stari
| to sing
to go iri
| kanti
to be esti
|-
to have havi
| to fall
to play ludi
| fali
to read legi
|-
| to sleep
| dormi
|-
| to walk
| promeni
|-
| to sit
| sidi
|-
| to stand
| stari
|-
| to go
| iri
|-
| to be
| esti
|-
| to have
| havi
|-
| to play
| ludi
|-
| to read
| legi
|}




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to sing kanti
Examples:
I sing mi kantas
 
We sing ni kantas
{| class="wikitable"
You sing vi kantas
|Verb in English
He sings li kantas
|Verb in Esperanto
She sing sxi kantas
|-
They sing ili kantas
|to sing
the children sing la infanoj kantas
| kanti
the city is beautiful la urbo estas bela
|-
the cities are beautiful la urboj estas belaj
| I sing
the street is long la strato estas longa
| mi kantas
the streets are long la stratoj estas longaj
|-
| We sing
| ni kantas
|-
| You sing
| vi kantas
|-
| He sings
| li kantas
|-
| She sing
| sxi kantas
|-
| They sing
| ili kantas
|-
| the children sing
| la infanoj kantas
|-
| the city is beautiful
| la urbo estas bela
|-
| the cities are beautiful
| la urboj estas belaj
|-
| the street is long
| la strato estas longa
|-
| the streets are long
| la stratoj estas longaj
|}
==Sources==
==Sources==
https://unilang.org/course.php?res=64
https://unilang.org/course.php?res=64

Revision as of 21:38, 30 September 2021

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Verbs in Esperanto


The verb in a sentence indicates what's happening.

For example: The man walks. What is the man doing? He is walking. The verb "walk" indicates what is the action of the sentence.

A verb has a distinct property. It indicates when something is happening (I walk, I walked, I will walk).

A verb that does not indicate when something happens is called the infinitive verb, and in English is preceded by "to" (to walk, to swim, to fly, to eat).

An infinitive verb in Esperanto always ends in "i". When you remove the i, you have the stem of the verb, and using that stem you can later form all the tenses.


Verb in English Verb in Esperanto
 to sing  kanti
 to fall  fali
 to sleep  dormi
 to walk  promeni
 to sit  sidi
 to stand  stari
 to go  iri
 to be  esti
 to have  havi
 to play  ludi
 to read  legi


Now we can put the verb in a certain tense, meaning that we can add a little ending to the stem that will indicate in when the action is taking place.

When something is happening in the present, it is called the present tense (I walk, you sleep, we eat).

In Esperanto, the present tense is formed by adding "as" to the stem of the verb, irregardless of who is the subject of the action.


Examples:

Verb in English Verb in Esperanto
to sing  kanti
 I sing  mi kantas
 We sing  ni kantas
 You sing  vi kantas
 He sings  li kantas
 She sing  sxi kantas
 They sing  ili kantas
 the children sing  la infanoj kantas
 the city is beautiful  la urbo estas bela
 the cities are beautiful  la urboj estas belaj
 the street is long  la strato estas longa
 the streets are long  la stratoj estas longaj

Sources

https://unilang.org/course.php?res=64