Infinitive
bezoni
Forms
Tenses
| Present | bezonas |
| Past | bezonis |
| Future | bezonos |
| Conditional | bezonus |
| Imperative | bezonu! |
Participles
| Active past | bezoninta |
| Active present | bezonanta |
| Active future | bezononta |
| Passive past | bezonita |
| Passive present | bezonta |
| Passive future | bezonota |
Etymology
From French besoin, from Vulgar Latin *bisonium (“need”), from Frankish *bisunnija, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunjō. Compare Italian bisognare. See: Italian '
bisognare'.
Verbs referencing "bezoni"
Ido bezonar.
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," said the sage, "but if you want to please me, don't cover my sun.") [1907, Kabe, Unua Legolibro:]
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Oregona mensmalsanulejo bezonas interpretiston de klingono (Oregon mental hospital needs Klingon interpreter) [2003 May 14, Tonyo del Barrio, “Laborposteno en klingono”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet), message-ID :]
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"Se mi ankoraŭ povus facile veturi al la urbo, vi ne bezonus veni ĉi tien ĉar ni venus al vi." ("If I could still easily travel to the city, you would not need to come here, because we would come to you.") [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 18:]
Translations
need, to have an absolute requirement for