prunti

Esperanto

Etymology

From French emprunter (“borrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprunti]

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• Rhymes: -unti
• Hyphenation: prun‧ti

Verb

prunti (present pruntas, past pruntis, future pruntos, conditional pruntus, volitive pruntu)

1. to borrow

   prunti de — borrow from

2. to lend

   prunti al — lend to

Usage notes

Borrowing and lending can be distinguished with use of the prepositions de (“from”) and al (“to”), but it is also about as common to distinguish borrowing and lending with the compound verbs pruntepreni (literally “to borrow-take”) and pruntedoni (literally “to lend-give”) respectively. The verbs alprunti and deprunti also exist for lend and borrow respectively, but they are much less commonly used.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prunti

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		pruntas		pruntis		pruntos
active participle		pruntanta	pruntantaj	pruntinta	pruntintaj	pruntonta	pruntontaj
	acc.	pruntantan	pruntantajn	pruntintan	pruntintajn	pruntontan	pruntontajn
passive participle		pruntata	pruntataj	pruntita	pruntitaj	pruntota	pruntotaj
	acc.	pruntatan	pruntatajn	pruntitan	pruntitajn	pruntotan	pruntotajn
nominal active participle		pruntanto	pruntantoj	pruntinto	pruntintoj	pruntonto	pruntontoj
	acc.	pruntanton	pruntantojn	pruntinton	pruntintojn	pruntonton	pruntontojn
nominal passive participle		pruntato	pruntatoj	pruntito	pruntitoj	pruntoto	pruntotoj
	acc.	pruntaton	pruntatojn	pruntiton	pruntitojn	pruntoton	pruntotojn
adverbial active participle		pruntante		pruntinte		pruntonte
adverbial passive participle		pruntate		pruntite		pruntote

infinitive		prunti						imperative		pruntu						conditional		pruntus