demandi

demandi

1. inflection of demandar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From French demander.

• IPA^(key): /deˈmandi/

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• Rhymes: -andi
• Hyphenation: de‧man‧di

demandi (present demandas, past demandis, future demandos, conditional demandus, volitive demandu)

1. (transitive) to ask, inquire, question

   Coordinate term: respondi

   • 1891, L. L. Zamenhof, La batalo de l'vivo, translation of The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens:

     “Kaj kiu estas tiu persono?” demandis la fremdulo.

     "And who is that person?" asked the stranger.

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 17:

     Mi turnis min kaj demandis kie li estas. "Li sekvas vin," li diris, "do atendu."

     I turned and asked where he is. "He is following you," he said, "so wait."

     (literally, “I turned myself and asked where he is. "He follows you," he said, "so wait."”)

2. (reflexive) to wonder, ask oneself

   Mi demandas min, kiel tio fariĝis ebla.

   I wonder how that became possible.

demandi

1. inflection of demandare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative