Translation
number
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Examples
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The number of guests was large.
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Three is a small number.
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We do not know the number of the books.
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A large number of people came to the meeting.
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The number of members grows every year.
Esperanto splits what English packs into one word. is a quantity, the answer to how many; is a label, the number on your house or the issue of a magazine. Get them the wrong way round and you have said something faintly absurd, like asking how many your front door is. After a quantity you want : , not . The verb means to count in the sense of enumerating, and covers arithmetic more broadly.
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nombro: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "nombro" (number): 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 1, lesson 11: nombro, plej, nia and 10 more words.