Translation
May
Word origin
From Latin Maius, the month the Romans named after the goddess Maia. English May comes from the same source.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- Maius
- English cognates
- May
Examples
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The flowers appear in May.
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In May the days are long and warm.
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I was born on the last day of May.
Month names are ordinary nouns in Esperanto and take no capital letter: , not . Use for the month and no preposition at all with a date. The whole set follows the international pattern, so through cost you almost nothing to learn.
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