intransitive verb

esăre

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[ˈesəɾe]

1. copulative verb To be (something you are).

2. intransitive verb To be (situation, place, time).

3. auxiliary verb To be (passive voice). It is followed by a participle. If present, the agent complement is headed by the preposition pur. Example: As chartas eseiren scriwatas pur ou soudat per sa fama, the letters were written by the soldier to his wife.

4. masculine noun Being.

Etymology: From Latin essere.

~ homã

[ˈesəɾe oˈma]

1. masculine noun Human being, Man (in general).

~ per

[ˈesəɾe peɾ]

1. periphrastic verb It expresses a near future or something about to happen. It is followed by an infinitive. Example: S’eh per pluggăre, it’s about to rain.

 

dormăre

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[ˈdoɾməɾe]

1. intransitive verb To sleep. If you sleep with somebody, you use the preposition cõ.

2. intransitive verb To spend the night, to stay the night (in a house, a hotel, etc.).

3. transitive verb To get a baby off to sleep, to put a patient to sleep with anaesthesia.

Etymology: From Latin dormire.

~ a seixta

[ˈdoɾməɾe a ˈseʃta]

1. transitive verb To have a nap.

Etymology: From dormăre a seixta.

 

segre

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[ˈsegɾe]

1. transitive verb To follow, to pursue, to chase.

2. intransitive verb To go on, to carry on.

3. periphrastic verb It expressed a repetitive action or process under development. It is followed by a gerund. Example: Se sege pluggant tuvïe, it’s still raining.

Etymology: From Latin sequire via Spanish seguir.