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Translation

occasion; time (as in three times)

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Examples

.

I saw him only once.

.

That time was the first.

, .

Sometimes he comes, sometimes not.

.

She asked three times.

, .

Every time I see him, he is working.

counts occasions, and the count is a measure, so it takes the accusative with no preposition: , . That is the same rule as . means sometimes or once, unufoje once, every time. Do not reach for here: is time as a substance, not a countable occasion.

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Word family

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

  • 膲iufojeadverb

    every time

    膲iufojo: on each occasion

  • dufojeadverb

    twice

    dufojo: two times

  • fojfojeadverb

    occasionally, from time to time

    fojofojo

  • iafojeadverb

    sometimes, at times

    iafojo: on some occasion

  • kelkfojeadverb

    sometimes, a few times

    kelkafojo

  • refojeadverb

    again, once more

    re-fojo

  • trifojeadverb

    three times

    trifojo

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 12: fojo, apud, loko and 11 more words.