Translation
since, from (a time) onward
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Word origin
An Esperanto-internal compound of the inceptive particle ek ('a beginning, a burst of') and the preposition de ('from'). The ek sharpens de into 'from that starting point onward'.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound
- Root
- ek + de
Examples
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We have been friends since school.
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Since that day, she has not spoken to me.
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He has worked here since the summer.
marks the starting point of something still running: means from January and continuing. Plain can also mean since, but it is ambiguous, because it also marks possession and origin; says only one thing. Its natural partner is , which closes the interval opens.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 1: ekde, problemo, studi and 4 more words.