esperi

esperi

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of esperar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of esperar
3. third-person singular imperative form of esperar

Borrowed from French espérer.

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• IPA^(key): /esˈperi/
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ri
• Rhymes: -eri

esperi (present esperas, past esperis, future esperos, conditional esperus, volitive esperu)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to hope
   • 1907, Vallienne, Henri, Kastelo de Prelongo, ch. 1:

     Mi esperas, ke li ne preterlasis la vagonaron.

     I hope he didn't miss the train.

   • 1910, Zamenhof (translator), L. L., Marta, Paris: Librairie Hachette, translation of original by Eliza Orzeszkowa, page 67:

     Mi esperas, ke mi mem min helpos.

     I hope I can help myself.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Harlow (translator), Donald J., Fiereco kaj antaŭjuĝemo‎, translation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, chapter 34:

     Ĉu vi supozus, ke mi ĝojos pri la malnobleco de viaj parencoj? — gratulos min, ke mi esperas parencojn, kies vivkondiĉoj estas tiom definitive sub la miaj?

     Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connexions? — to congratulate myself on the hope of relations, whose condition in life is so decidedly beneath my own?

• malesperi (“to despair”)

• espero (“hope”)