Esperanto · 28 September 2026
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paroli
pa-RO-li · /paˈroli/ · verb
- to speak
A Romance speaking root becomes paroli; from the same stem, parolo is a spoken word or speech and parole is adverbial.
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Where it came from
Italian / Frenchparlare / parler
Esperantoparoli
Parol- reflects Romance verbs such as Italian parlare and French parler, remodelled with Esperanto verb endings.
- Italian parlare
- French parler
- English parley
Tiny sentence
Ŝi parolas Esperanton.
she speak.PRS Esperanto.ACC
“She speaks Esperanto.”
Language names can take the accusative when they are the object of paroli in this construction.
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Sources and cautions
The precise weighting of French and Italian models is less important than the visible Romance comparison; the Esperanto derivational system is its own.