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The Esperanto verb "ĝeni" means "to bother" or "to trouble", and comes from the French "gêner". The word is used in phrases like "It bothers me that I can't find my shirt...".

La Esperanto-verbo "ĝeni" signifas "bati" aŭ "ĝeni", kaj devenas el la franca "gêner". La vorto estas uzata en frazoj kiel "Ĝenas min, ke mi ne povas trovi mian ĉemizon...".

Frequency Rank of Word 1056
Word ĝeni
Meanings
    to
    bother
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bother
    ,
    trouble
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trouble
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
gêner
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/g%C3%AAner#French
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈd͡ʒeni/
  • Hyphenation: ĝe‧ni
  • Rhymes:
    -eni
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/eni
  • Audio:
    (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-%C4%9Deni.ogg
    )

Verb

ĝeni (present

ĝenas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Denas#Esperanto
, past
ĝenis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Denis#Esperanto
, future
ĝenos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Denos#Esperanto
, conditional
ĝenus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Denus#Esperanto
, volitive
ĝenu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Denu#Esperanto
)

  1. to
    bother
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bother
    ,
    trouble
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trouble
    Ĝenas min, ke mi ne povas trovi mian ĉemizon...It bothers me that I can't find my shirt...

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ĝena
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Dena#Esperanto
  • ĝenado
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Denado#Esperanto
  • ĝenaĵo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Dena%C4%B5o#Esperanto
  • ĝene
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Dene#Esperanto
  • ĝeno
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Deno#Esperanto
  • senĝeneco
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sen%C4%9Deneco#Esperanto

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