Usages of diri
La imperativo en Esperanto estas facila: por diri “read,” vi diras “Legu!”
The imperative in Esperanto is easy: to say “read,” you say “Legu!”
La amiko diras: “Mi amas la belan libron.”
The friend says: “I love the beautiful book.”
Vespere la patro diras, ke lia tago estis pli longa ol la tago de la patrino.
In the evening the father says that his day was longer than the mother's day.
La kuracisto diris, ke ŝia gorĝo estas tre ruĝa, sed la doloro baldaŭ malaperos.
The doctor said that her throat is very red, but the pain will disappear soon.
Nun ŝi ludas futbalon, sed ŝi diras, ke ŝi ĉiam memoros sian unuan sporton.
Now she plays football, but she says that she will always remember her first sport.
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