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Meaning of -igi | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
ˈiɡi

Definitions

  1. to cause to be
  2. to become
  3. makes transitive verbs out of intransitive ones
  4. to change in state
  5. makes intransitive verbs out of transitive ones

Equivalents

Dansk -ne
Deutsch -ern
English -en
Español -ecer
Français -en -ir
Magyar -ít
Kurdî -ên -it
Português -ecer -escer
Русский -ем о-
Svenska -na

Examples

“pura (“clean”) + -igi → purigi (“to make clean, to clean (tr)”)”
“manĝi (“to eat”) + -igi → manĝigi (“to feed”)”
“bruli (“to burn (intr)”) + -igi → bruligi (“to burn (tr)”)”
“ruĝa (“red”) + -iĝi → ruĝiĝi (“to blush”)”
“stari (“to be standing”) + -iĝi → stariĝi (“to stand up”)”
“komenci (“to begin”, transitive verb) + -iĝi → komenciĝi (“to begin”, intransitive verb)”
“La spegulo rompiĝis.”

The mirror broke.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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