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Translation

two

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Examples

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I have two hands.

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Two people came to us.

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She speaks two languages.

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He is the second.

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One or two people already know the truth.

Numerals never change shape: takes no -j and no -n, however the noun beside it behaves. The noun still does, so it is when they are the object. Adding an ending turns the number into another part of speech: second, due secondly, duo a pair, a half and a double.

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Word family

Words built on du with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • dekduonoun

    a dozen

    dekdu: a group of twelve

  • dudeknumeral

    twenty

    dudek

  • duoblaadjective

    double

    du-obl-: twice as much

  • duobleadverb

    doubly, twice as (much)

    du-obl-: twice as much

  • duobligiverb

    to double

    du-obl--ig-: to make twice as much

  • duononoun

    half

    du-on-

  • duopeadverb

    in twos, in pairs

    du-op-: in a group of two

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 8: du, nur, tuta and 11 more words.