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Translation

often, frequently

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Examples

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He often comes to us in the evening.

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I often think about you.

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She does not often speak about that.

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How often do you write letters?

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That happens more often than you believe.

Esperanto builds this one from the root oft- with the usual endings, so you get the adjective (frequent) and the noun o (frequency) for free, and for seldom. The question is , patterned on and , not a single dedicated word. Word order is loose: can sit before the verb, after it, or at the head of the sentence for emphasis, and none of those is more correct than the others.

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Word family

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

  • malofteadverb

    rarely, seldom

    mal-ofte

  • ofteconoun

    frequency

    ofte-ec-: the quality of being frequent

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This word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 1: ofte, eniri, vojo and 7 more words.