Sopiri Eo Conj Pri Verb Phrase Al Th,.Mw Parser Output Null

sopiri

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /soˈpiri/
• Hyphenation: so‧pi‧ri
• Rhymes:
  -iri
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/iri

Verb

sopiri (present

1. (
   intransitive
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive
   ) to
   long for
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/long_for
   ,
   yearn
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yearn
   for

   Mi sopiris pri amo. ― I longed for love.

Usage notes

sopiri generally requires either a prepositional phrase beginning with al or pri (sopiri al sia hejmlando, sopiri pri kunulo) or a verb phrase (sopiri forflugi). alsopiri takes a direct object and can be used in passive forms (alsopirita liberiĝo but not *sopirita).

Conjugation

Related terms

• alsopiri
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alsopiri#Esperanto
  (“to long for”)
• sopiro
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sopiro#Esperanto
  (“longing”)