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Devi Eo Conj Fundamento De Conditional Devas Translator Malnova

The word "devi" signifies obligation, necessity, or should/must. The word comes from the French "devoir" and has various conjugations depending on tense and mood.

La vorto "devi" signifas devon, neceson, aŭ devus/devas. La vorto devenas el la franca "devoir" kaj havas diversajn konjugaciojn depende de tempo kaj modo.

Frequency Rank of Word 2470
Word devi
Meanings
    ought
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ought
    ;
    should
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/should
    ;
    must
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/must

    1915,

    L. L. Zamenhof
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
    (translator), Malnova Testamento, Levidoj 27:33.

    1905,

    L. L. Zamenhof
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
    , Fundamento de Esperanto,
    Antaŭparolo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anta%C5%ADparolo
    .
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
devoir
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devoir#French
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )    : /ˈdevi/
  • Audio
    		(
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-devi.wav
    )
  • Hyphenation: de‧vi

Verb

devi (present

devas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devas#Esperanto
, past
devis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devis#Esperanto
, future
devos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devos#Esperanto
, conditional
devus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devus#Esperanto
, volitive
devu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devu#Esperanto
)

  1. ought
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ought
    ;
    should
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/should
    ;
    must
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/must
    • 1905,
      L. L. Zamenhof
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
      , Fundamento de Esperanto,
      Antaŭparolo
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anta%C5%ADparolo
      .
      La fundamento de nia lingvo devas resti por ĉiam netuŝebla.
      The foundation of our language must stay forever untouchable.
    • 1915,
      L. L. Zamenhof
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
      (translator), Malnova Testamento, Levidoj 27:33.
      Oni ne devas esplori, ĉu ĝi estas bona aŭ malbona, kaj oni ĝin devas ne anstataŭigi.
      One should not examine whether it is good or bad, and one should not make a substitute for it.

Conjugation

Usage notes

Ordinarily means

must
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/must#English
, in the stronger form. To say
should
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/should#English
 or
ought
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ought#English
, in the weaker form, the conditional
devus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devus#Esperanto
 is used, even in non-conditional clauses. When one actually uses devi in the conditional mood, it is often shown with
kvazaŭ
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvaza%C5%AD#Esperanto
 or
se
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se#Esperanto
 to avoid confusion.

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