Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From al- +‎ sendi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [alˈsendi]
  • Rhymes: -endi
  • Hyphenation: al‧sen‧di

Verb edit

alsendi (present alsendas, past alsendis, future alsendos, conditional alsendus, volitive alsendu)

  1. (transitive) to send to, send on, send over
    • L. L. Zamenhof (translator), La Revizoro (Ревизор / The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol, Act III, Scene 2,
      nur da vino metu pli multe; diru al la komercisto Abdulin, ke li alsendu vinon la plej bonan, alie mi renversos lian tutan kelon.
      Order a little more wine, and tell Abdulin to send the best, or I'll wreck his whole cellar. (Thomas Seltzer translation, The Inspector-General)
    • Kazimierz Bein (translator), Patroj kaj Filoj (Отцы и дети / Fathers and Sons) by Ivan Turgenev, Chapter 5,
      Fedosia Nikolavna fartas ne tute bone, ne povas veni. Ŝi ordonis demandi, ĉu vi mem preparos la teon, aŭ ĉu oni devas alsendi Dunjaŝan!
      Fedosya Nikolaevna is not quite well, she cannot come; she gave orders to ask you, will you please to pour out tea yourself, or should she send Dunyasha? (Constance Garnett translation, Fathers and Children, Collier, 1917)
  2. (transitive) to send in addition or along with
    Mi ricevis la paketon kaj la alsenditan leteron.
    I received the package and the accompanying letter (lit. sent along with [it]).

Conjugation edit