Information about the word obey (English → Esperanto: obei)

Synonyms: comply, abide by

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪ̯/
Hyphenationo·bey
Shavian alphabet𐑴𐑚𐑱, 𐑩𐑚𐑱

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) obey(I) obeyed
(thou) obeyest(thou) obeyedst
(he) obeys, obeyeth(he) obeyed
(we) obey(we) obeyed
(you) obey(you) obeyed
(they) obey(they) obeyed
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) obey (I) obeyed
(thou) obey(thou) obeyed
(he) obey(he) obeyed
(we) obey(we) obeyed
(you) obey(you) obeyed
(they) obey(they) obeyed
Imperative mood
obey
Participles
Present participlePast participle
obeyingobeyed

Usage samples

I obey without question.
It is enough that you obey me.
Even as Rand turned away, shame filled him that he obeyed so quickly.

Translations

Afrikaansgehoorsaam; gehoor gee aan
Catalanobeir
Czechposlechnout; poslouchat; uposlechnout
Danishadlyde
Dutchgehoorzamen; gehoorzamen aan; gehoor geven aan
Esperantoobei
Faeroeseakta; vera lýðin
Frenchobéir
Germanfolgen; gehorchen
Italianubbidire
Latinparere
Luxemburgishfollegen
Papiamentoobedesé
Polishbyć posłusznym
Portugueseobedecer; observar
Saterland Frisianfoulgje; befoulgje; heere
Spanishobedecer
Swedishlyda
Turkishitaat etmek
West Frisiangehoar jaan oan