Infinitive
konstrui
Forms
Tenses
| Present | konstruas |
| Past | konstruis |
| Future | konstruos |
| Conditional | konstruus |
| Imperative | konstruu! |
Participles
| Active past | konstruinta |
| Active present | konstruanta |
| Active future | konstruonta |
| Passive past | konstruita |
| Passive present | konstruta |
| Passive future | konstruota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
4. Proto-Italic *kom
5. Proto-Italic *kom-
6. Latin con-
7. Proto-Indo-European *ster-
8. Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-
9. Proto-Indo-European *strew-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
11. Proto-Indo-European *stréweti
12. Proto-Italic *strowō
13. Latin struō
14. Latin cōnstruōbor.
15. Old French construir
16. French construirebor.
17. Esperanto konstrui
18. Borrowed from French construire.
Sample Sentences
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Persona vizito por konstrui bezonatajn maŝinojn (A personal visit to construct needed machines) [1961, Ĉina Esperanto-Ligo, El Popola Ĉinio, page 34:]
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Konsento konstruas, malpaco detruas. (Agreement builds, discord destroys.) [1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:]
Translations
build, (transitive) to form by combining materials or parts
build, (transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process