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Koni Mi La I Eo Conj Volas ŝi Povus

The Esperanto word "koni" means to be well acquainted with, familiar with, or to know, and is influenced by French "connaître" and English "know".

La Esperanta vorto "koni" signifas esti konata kun, familiara kun, aŭ scii, kaj estas influita de la franca "connaître" kaj angla "know".

Frequency Rank of Word 824
Word koni
Meanings
    (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to be
    well
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well
    acquainted
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acquainted
    with, be
    familiar
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/familiar
    with,
    know
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/know
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry  
connaître
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conna%C3%AEtre#French
, influenced by
English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
know
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/know#English
and
German
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language
kennen
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kennen#German
.

Pronunciation

  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-koni.wav
    )
  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈkoni/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ni
  • Rhymes:
    -oni
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/oni

Verb

koni (present

konas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/konas#Esperanto
, past
konis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/konis#Esperanto
, future
konos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/konos#Esperanto
, conditional
konus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/konus#Esperanto
, volitive
konu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/konu#Esperanto
)

  1. (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to be
    well
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well
    acquainted
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acquainted
    with, be
    familiar
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/familiar
    with,
    know
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/know
    Mi ne scias kial ŝi invitis min al ŝia nupto; mi apenaŭ konas ŝin!
    I don't know why she invited me to her wedding; I barely know her!

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • antaŭkoni
    (to know in advance; to foreknow)
  • konigi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/konigi#Esperanto
    (to
    make known
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_known
    )

Related terms

  • kompreni
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kompreni#Esperanto
    (to
    comprehend
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comprehend
    )
  • scii
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scii#Esperanto
    (to
    know
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/know
    (a fact)
    )

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