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(transitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive , intransitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to court
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/court , woo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woo ; to romance
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/romance , flirt
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flirt with (transitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive , intransitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to go out
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/go_out with, date
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/date L. L. Zamenof (translator), (Ревизор / The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol, Act V, Scene 8, |
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumi#Esperanto amindumi Etymology From aminda
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aminda#Esperanto (“worthy of love”) + -um-
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-um-#Esperanto + -i
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-i#Esperanto . Pronunciation -
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-amindumi.wav ) | Verb amindumi (present amindumas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumas#Esperanto , past amindumis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumis#Esperanto , future amindumos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumos#Esperanto , conditional amindumus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumus#Esperanto , volitive amindumu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumu#Esperanto ) - (
transitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive , intransitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to court
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/court , woo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woo ; to romance
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/romance , flirt
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flirt with - L. L. Zamenof (translator), (Ревизор / The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol, Act V, Scene 8,
- mi loĝas nun ĉe la urbestro, ĝuas bonan vivon, amindumas senlime lian edzinon kaj filinon
- I am staying at the governor’s home. I am having a grand time and I am flirting desperately with his wife and daughter. (Thomas Seltzer translation, The Inspector-General, The Floating Press, 2011)
- Sándor Szathmári, “Kuracistaj historioj” in Satiraj rakontoj,
- Kiomfoje mi diris al vi, kiam vi amindumis al mi, ke mi deziras nur sanan kaj stultan viron!
- How many times did I say to you, when you were courting me, that I only wished for a healthy, foolish man!
- (
transitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive , intransitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to go out
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/go_out with, date
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/date - Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ĉu li venis trakosme? Ĉapitro 27,
- ili diskutas, kunludas aŭ amindumas, sed neniam scias pli ol tion, ke la alia nomiĝas Paŭlo aŭ Berta, Ivano aŭ Johán
- they talk, play together or date, but they never know any more than that the other’s name is Paul or Berta, Ivan or Johán
- Vinko Ošlak, La malbabela jaro,
- Ni ĉirkaŭprenis nin kvazaŭ deksesjaraj amindumantoj.
- We hugged each other like dating sixteen-year-olds.
Conjugation Usage notes Amindumi is sometimes accompanied by a direct object (amindumi iun
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iun#Esperanto ), sometimes by a prepositional phrase (amindumi kun
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kun#Esperanto iu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iu#Esperanto , amindumi al
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/al#Esperanto iu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iu#Esperanto ), without any corresponding difference in meaning. Related terms amindumado
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumado#Esperanto (“courtship; flirtation”)amindumo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amindumo#Esperanto (“courtship; flirtation”) |