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instrui

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Esperanto

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Instruisto instruas lecionon al studentoj.

Etymology

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    Borrowed from English instruct, French instruire, German instruieren and Italian istruire.[1]First attested in Zamenhof's Unua Libro (1887).[2]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /insˈtrui/
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    • Rhymes: -ui
    • Syllabification: ins‧tru‧i

    Verb

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    instrui (present instruas, past instruis, future instruos, conditional instruus, volitive instruu)

    1. (transitive) to inform, instruct, teach, train
      • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof, El la Biblio, PSALMO XXVII.‎[1]:
        Instruu al mi, Dio, Vian vojon kaj konduku min sur ĝusta irejo, spite miajn malamikojn.
        Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
      • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎[2], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:
        Ŝi instruis en la pariza universitato Sorbonne, verkis artikolojn, kaj en 1911, ŝi, 43-jara, decidis forvojaĝi al Barato por studi budhismon.
        She taught at the Sorbonne Paris university, created articles and in 1911, she, at 43 years old, decided to depart to India to study Buddhism.

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    adjectives
    nouns
    verbs

    References

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    1. ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “instrui”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 2, →ISBN, page 104
    2. ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “instru/”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, page 385

    Further reading

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    Latin

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    Verb

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    īnstruī

    1. present passive infinitive of īnstruō

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    Portuguese

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    Verb

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    instrui

    1. inflection of instruir:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from French instruire, from Latin īnstruere.

      Verb

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      a instrui (third-person singular present instruiește, past participle instruit) 4th conjugation

      1. to instruct

      Conjugation

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