Infinitive
respondi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | respondas |
| Past | respondis |
| Future | respondos |
| Conditional | respondus |
| Imperative | respondu! |
Participles
| Active past | respondinta |
| Active present | respondanta |
| Active future | respondonta |
| Passive past | respondita |
| Passive present | respondta |
| Passive future | respondota |
Etymology
Common Romance, from Latin respondere. See: Latin '
respondere'.
Sample Sentences
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„Mi bezonas nenion“, respondis la saĝulo, „sed se vi volas fari al mi plezuron, ne kovru al mi la sunon.“ ("I don't need anything," replied the sage, "but if you want to please me, don't cover my sun.") [1907, Kabe, Unua Legolibro:]
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Polemarĥo diris: "Sokrato, ŝajnas al mi ke vi intencas iri al la urbo." "Vi ne eraras," mi respondis. (Polemarchus said: "Socrates, it seems to me that you intend to go to the city." "You are not wrong," I answered.) [2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 17:]
Translations
answer, to make a reply or response to
correspond, to be equivalent or similar
reply, to give a written or spoken response
respond, to say something in return