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recommend
/rek-ə-mend/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: eglalag te meupiya ne eggimuwen dan ka minsan nekey
If you recommend that someone do something, you tell them that it's good for them to do it.
I recommended that he go to the hospital.
Ingkahiyan ku sikandin te meupiya ke eggendiyè sikandin te uspital.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: eglalag ka diyè te duma ne meupiya ka minsan hentew wey ke minsan nekey ne ingkahi nu.
If you recommend someone or something, you tell another person that they are good.
I recommend Safeguard soap.
Ka sipgard ne sebun ka gamita nu su meupiya.
I recommend him for the job because he is a very good worker.
 
vt.
 
3.
Def.: egpakameupiya diyè te minsan hentew wey ke diyè te minsan nekey ne batasan wey ke kalidad dan.
If a characteristic of a person or thing recommends them, it is a good thing about them.
She has many good characteristics to recommend her: she is kind, hardworking and good.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0826-0850
 
 
recommendation
/rek-ə-men-day-shən/
 
n-ct.
Def.: 1 peglalag te meupiya ne eggimuwen dan ka minsan nekey; 2 peglalag diyè te duma ne meupiya ka minsan hentew wey ke minsan nekey ne ingkahi nu
words saying that it is good to do something, or that someone or something is good.
Note: (sense 1,2)
I chose that school on my friend's recommendation.
 
n-ct.
Def.: minsan nekey ne meupiya diyè te etew wey ke kasangkapan
something that is good about a person or thing.
That is a very bad place. Its only recommendation is that it has a good weather in winter.
Mareet seeyè ne lugar. Wey rè meupiya ka timpu ke panahun te tingkalamag.
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Last updated: 19/Apr/2012