Translation
half
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Examples
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I ate only half of the bread.
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She waited for him for half an hour.
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Half of the people have already left.
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Give me the other half!
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The two halves are entirely equal.
is plus the fraction suffix -on-, and that suffix is the whole point: once you have it, o, o and o cost you nothing. What follows a fraction takes , so . As a prefix it glues straight on, giving for half an hour and duonvoĉe for under one's breath, and it shades into "half-hearted" in words like duonfermita. Note that duonpatro is a stepfather rather than half a man, which is the sort of thing worth knowing before you use it.
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(3)Grammar articles
(6)Esperanto Affixes That Are Also Words: ilo, aro, eta, igi
Esperanto Fractions, Multiples and Groups: -on-, -obl-, -op-
Esperanto Measurements: Units, Decimals and Rates Aloud
Esperanto Numbers: Counting With Nine Roots, No Exceptions
Telling the Time and Dates in Esperanto: je la tria
Esperanto Affixes: The Full List of Prefixes and Suffixes
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 12: duono, granda, multa and 9 more words.