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Translation

minute

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Examples

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Wait one minute, please.

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The journey lasted twenty minutes.

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After a few minutes he came back.

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Every minute is important now.

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She will come in ten minutes.

Two patterns worth fixing here. Duration takes the accusative and no preposition at all: . A point in the future takes post plus the nominative: post , in ten minutes. English speakers reach for and produce something nobody says. Keep for the measured unit and for the vague one - is a request, is nearly a stopwatch.

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minuto: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "minuto" (minute): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 8: minuto, direkto, plezuro and 10 more words.