Infinitive
plendi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | plendas |
| Past | plendis |
| Future | plendos |
| Conditional | plendus |
| Imperative | plendu! |
Participles
| Active past | plendinta |
| Active present | plendanta |
| Active future | plendonta |
| Passive past | plendita |
| Passive present | plendta |
| Passive future | plendota |
Etymology
From French plaindre, ultimately from Latin plangō (“to strike, beat; to bewail”). See: French '
plaindre', Latin '
plangō'.
Sample Sentences
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Vi plendas, ke en via urbo ĝis nun neniu ankoraŭ ion scias pri la lingvo Esperanto! (You complain that as of now, nobody in your city knows anything about the Esperanto language yet!) [1929, L. L. Zamenhof, edited by Johannes Dietterle, Originala Verkaro [Original Works] (paperback), Leipzig: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, page 58:]
Translations
complain, to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment
complain, to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge