Translation
Sunday
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Word origin
From French dimanche, from Latin dies dominicus ('the Lord's day'), the name the Christian week gave to its day of rest.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dies dominicus
Examples
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Sunday is a day of rest.
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Every Sunday we eat together.
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On Sundays the town is quiet.
The days of the week are a small French colony in Esperanto: , , , , , , . Only Sunday hides its origin this well, because French had already worn dies dominicus down to dimanche. Day names are common nouns, not capitalised. The adverb means "on Sundays" as a habit, while the accusative pins down one particular Sunday: is this coming one.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 12: dimanĉo, apud, loko and 11 more words.