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Translation

almost; nearly

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Examples

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I have almost finished the work.

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Almost everybody came.

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It is almost night.

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He hardly spoke.

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Almost everyone in the town knows her.

sits directly in front of whatever it limits and never changes shape. The - is part of the root, not a grammatical ending, which is the same story as , , and : these are the small closed set of - words, and they take no -n and no -j.

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preskaŭ: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "preskaŭ" (almost; nearly): 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 13: preskaŭ, terura, malgranda and 7 more words.