kontar

See also: kontár

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English count, French compter, German Konto, Italian contare and Spanish contar, all ultimately from Latin computāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtar/
• Hyphenation: kon‧tar

Verb

kontar (present tense kontas, past tense kontis, future tense kontos, imperative kontez, conditional kontus)

1. (transitive, mathematics) to count, reckon, add up, tally
2. (transitive) to take a census

Conjugation

Conjugation of kontar

		present		past		future
infinitive		kontar		kontir		kontor
tense		kontas		kontis		kontos
conditional		kontus		—		—
imperative		kontez		—		—
adjective active participle		kontanta		kontinta		kontonta
adverbial active participle		kontante		kontinte		kontonte
nominal active participle	singular	kontanto		kontinto		kontonto
	plural	kontanti		kontinti		kontonti
adjective passive participle		kontata		kontita		kontota
adverbial passive participle		kontate		kontite		kontote
nominal passive participle	singular	kontato		kontito		kontoto
	plural	kontati		kontiti		kontoti

Synonyms

• kalkular (“to calculate”)
• enumerar (“to enumerate”)

Derived terms

• kontado
• kontanto (“counter”)
• kontero (“counter”)
• kontilo (“counter (machine); meter”)
• konto
• konturo (“the result of a count; the total amount”)

Ladino

Alternative forms

• contar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish contar, conptar (“to count”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

kontar (Hebrew spelling קונטאר)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to tell (inform)
   • 1992, Los Muestros‎^[1], number 7, R. Capuia, page 58:

     Lo ke konto aki es verdad.

     What I am telling here is the truth.

2. (transitive) to count (numerate)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, translated by Isaac Jerusalmi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎^[2], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 235:

     […] i kontavan la moneda ke re[ko]jia kada mes, i korava 20 por 100 por su lazerya.

     and they were counting the money that was accumulating monthly, and they collected 20 by 100 for their work.

3. (transitive) to consider (think of something as)

   Si tu enemigo es una ormiga, kontalo komo un gameyo. ― If your foe is an ant, consider him a camel.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kontar

infinitive		simple		kontar
		compound		aver kontado
gerund		simple		kontando
		compound		aviendo kontado
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		kontado		kontados
		feminine		kontada		kontadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	konto	kontas	konta	kontamos	kontáx	kontan
	imperfect	kontava	kontavas	kontava	kontávamos	kontavax	kontavan
	preterite	kontí	kontates	kontó	kontimos	kontatex	kontaron
	future	kontaré	kontarás	kontará	kontaremos	kontaréx	kontarán
	conditional	kontaría	kontarías	kontaría	kontaríamos	kontaríax	kontarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	konte	kontes	konte	kontemos	kontéx	konten
	imperfect	kontara	kontaras	kontara	kontáramos	kontarax	kontaran
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vosotros vosós / vós	—
	affirmative	—	konta	—	—	kontad	—
	negative	—	no kontes	—	—	no kontéx	—