Translation
moment
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Examples
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One moment, please.
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At that moment he came.
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She looked at him for a moment.
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After a moment we started work.
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The moment was terrible.
looks odd until you notice why the -n is there: a stretch of time takes the accusative with no preposition at all, the same rule that gives and . means momentary and for the moment. Keep it apart from , which counts occasions, and , which is time as a substance.
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Word family
Words built on momento with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- momentetonoun
a brief moment, a second
momento-et-: a little moment
- sammomenteadverb
at the same moment
samamomento: at the same moment
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momento: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 8: momento, sub, nenio and 11 more words.