preni
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Compare French prendre, Italian prendere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
preni (present prenas, past prenis, future prenos, conditional prenus, volitive prenu)
- to take, get, seize, lay hold of, pick up
- 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamento de Esperanto[1], Ekzercaro[2]:
- Kiam mi ien veturas, mi neniam prenas kun mi multon da pakaĵo.
- When I travel somewhere, I never take with me a lot of baggage.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of preni
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Derived terms edit
- alpreni (“to take up; to adopt”)
- depreni (“to take away; to subtract”)
- ekpreni (“to grasp, grab”)
- elpreni (“to take out”)
- partopreni (“to take part, participate”)