Infinitive
fajfi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | fajfas |
| Past | fajfis |
| Future | fajfos |
| Conditional | fajfus |
| Imperative | fajfu! |
Participles
| Active past | fajfinta |
| Active present | fajfanta |
| Active future | fajfonta |
| Passive past | fajfita |
| Passive present | fajfta |
| Passive future | fajfota |
Etymology
From German pfeifen and Yiddish פֿײַפֿן (fayfn). Doublet of fifro and pipo. See: German, old spelling '
pfeifen'.
Sample Sentences
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"Ĉion, kion ajn vi volas!" diris la Lakeo, kaj komencis fajfi. ("Anything you like," said the Footman, and began to whistle.) [1910, Trans. E. L. Kearney, La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando:]
Translations
whistle, to produce a whistling sound