amindumi

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Etymology

From aminda (“worthy of love”) +‎ -um- +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -umi
  • Hyphenation: am‧ind‧um‧i

Verb

amindumi (present amindumas, past amindumis, future amindumos, conditional amindumus, volitive amindumu)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to court, woo; to romance, flirt with
    • L. L. Zamenof (translator), (Ревизор / The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol, Act V, Scene 8,
      mi loĝas nun ĉe la urbestro, ĝuas bonan vivon, amindumas senlime lian edzinon kaj filinon
      I am staying at the governor’s home. I am having a grand time and I am flirting desperately with his wife and daughter. (Thomas Seltzer translation, The Inspector-General, The Floating Press, 2011)
    • Sándor Szathmári, “Kuracistaj historioj” in Satiraj rakontoj,
      Kiomfoje mi diris al vi, kiam vi amindumis al mi, ke mi deziras nur sanan kaj stultan viron!
      How many times did I say to you, when you were courting me, that I only wished for a healthy, foolish man!
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to go out with, date
    • Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ĉu li venis trakosme? Ĉapitro 27,
      ili diskutas, kunludas aŭ amindumas, sed neniam scias pli ol tion, ke la alia nomiĝas Paŭlo aŭ Berta, Ivano aŭ Johán
      they talk, play together or date, but they never know any more than that the other’s name is Paul or Berta, Ivan or Johán
    • Vinko Ošlak, La malbabela jaro,
      Ni ĉirkaŭprenis nin kvazaŭ deksesjaraj amindumantoj.
      We hugged each other like dating sixteen-year-olds.

Usage notes

Amindumi is sometimes accompanied by a direct object (amindumi iun), sometimes by a prepositional phrase (amindumi kun iu, amindumi al iu), without any corresponding difference in meaning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of amindumi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense amindumas amindumis amindumos
active participle amindumanta amindumantaj aminduminta amindumintaj amindumonta amindumontaj
acc. amindumantan amindumantajn amindumintan amindumintajn amindumontan amindumontajn
passive participle amindumata amindumataj amindumita amindumitaj amindumota amindumotaj
acc. amindumatan amindumatajn amindumitan amindumitajn amindumotan amindumotajn
nominal active participle amindumanto amindumantoj aminduminto amindumintoj amindumonto amindumontoj
acc. amindumanton amindumantojn aminduminton amindumintojn amindumonton amindumontojn
nominal passive participle amindumato amindumatoj amindumito amindumitoj amindumoto amindumotoj
acc. amindumaton amindumatojn amindumiton amindumitojn amindumoton amindumotojn
adverbial active participle amindumante aminduminte amindumonte
adverbial passive participle amindumate amindumite amindumote
infinitive amindumi imperative amindumu conditional amindumus

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