Translation
soon, shortly
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Examples
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He will come back home soon.
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It will soon be night.
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We will begin shortly.
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She promised to write soon.
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Winter will come soon.
belongs to the small closed set of adverbs ending in - - , , , , - which are roots in their own right rather than words built from something else. That ending is not a grammatical suffix, so do not try to swap it for -a or -e. Meaning-wise, is soon, not immediately: is the one that means right now. is the everyday sign-off, the Esperanto equivalent of see you soon.
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Word family
Words built on baldaŭ with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- baldaŭaadjective
forthcoming, imminent
baldaŭ: soon to come
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 2: baldaŭ, lasta, denove and 6 more words.