Word0.6% of everything written
por
to, for
- Where it comes from
- Spanish/Portuguese por, Italian per, French pour, Latin pro
- Group
- Prepositions
- First taught
- Lesson 15
- How often it is used
- 39 times in running Amadunia — 0.6% of every word written, the 39th commonest root. Counted upstream over the lessons, texts and phrasebook; the whole curve.
- In the published corpus
- 29 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. That is a narrower measure than the one above — only sentences carrying an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.
- Looked up in English as
- for, to
- More than one
- por-por — the noun said twice, joined by a hyphen. Nothing is added and nothing inside the word changes, so nothing can become irregular. The rule.
In use12 shown
Sentences that use it.
Every one written by hand and checked against the rules. Shortest first.
- Legis benar por insan-insan.The law is true for people.lessons/lesson-21-things-and-ideas
- Mi anda por tarik.I walk along the road.texts/text-9-pagi-in-madina
- Mi beri pan por yu.I give bread to you.lessons/lesson-15-pointing-placing
- Libro itu por dugu mi.That book is for my sibling.lessons/lesson-16-school-and-time
- Doktor beri ilac por mi.The doctor gives medicine to me.lessons/lesson-20-colours-and-health
- Mi mau uhuru por insan-insan.I want freedom for people.lessons/lesson-20-colours-and-health
- Ta beri regalo por mi.She gives a gift to me.lessons/lesson-21-things-and-ideas
- Kirim surat por mama yu.Send a letter to your mother.lessons/lesson-26-telling-and-answering
- Doktor beri ilac por mama.The doctor gives the mother medicine.texts/text-6-seti-din
- Papa leta ta por yatak.Father carries him to bed.texts/text-13-kula-una
- Sofer leta mi por tren.The driver brings me to the train.texts/text-17-tren-aur-farasi
- — No go por posta.— Do not go to the post.texts/text-25-tarik-por-hospital
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