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Translation

night

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Examples

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Good night!

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We worked all night.

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The town is beautiful at night.

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Nobody came during that night.

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After the night comes the day.

The greetings explain themselves once you see the missing verb: is short for , and the -n on both words is the leftover object of that unspoken . Same for and . Duration works the same way: . From the root come (nightly) and (to spend the night, with -).

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Word family

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

  • midnight

    noktomezo

  • to spend the night, to stay overnight

    tranokto

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Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "nokto" (night): 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 2, lesson 10: nokto, pordo, viza臐o and 10 more words.