povi
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
povi (present povas, past povis, future povos, conditional povus, volitive povu)
- (intransitive) to be able to; can
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
- Nur tre malmultaj el ni povis veni en vian landon, ĉar ni, esperantistoj, ne estas homoj riĉaj.
- Only very few of us could come to your country, because we, Esperantists, are not rich people.
- Mi povas piediri. ― I can walk.
- Synonym: kapabli
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
Conjugation
 |
present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| tense | povas | povis | povos | ||||
| active participle | povanta | povantaj | povinta | povintaj | povonta | povontaj | |
| acc. | povantan | povantajn | povintan | povintajn | povontan | povontajn | |
| nominal active participle | povanto | povantoj | povinto | povintoj | povonto | povontoj | |
| acc. | povanton | povantojn | povinton | povintojn | povonton | povontojn | |
| adverbial active participle | povante | povinte | povonte | ||||
Conjugation of povi
Derived terms
adjectives
- pova
nouns
verbs
- povoscii
Further reading
- “povi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
- “pov”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997
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