Translation
one
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Examples
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I only saw one person.
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One of them has already arrived.
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We have only one life.
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One person cannot know everything.
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She speaks one language very well.
Unu is the number one, and unlike an adjective it never takes -j or -n. In mi vidis unu homon the accusative sits on the noun alone, which is the shape learners most often get wrong. Unu also works as "a certain" before a noun, and the frame unu ... la alia gives you "one another".
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Word family
Words built on unu with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
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Stories
(7)Grammar articles
(18)The Esperanto Accusative: What -n Does, and Its Four Jobs
Adverbs in Esperanto: -e, and Why estas varme Has No Noun
Esperanto Affixes That Are Also Words: ilo, aro, eta, igi
Esperanto False Friends: Words That Lie to English Speakers
Esperanto Fractions, Multiples and Groups: -on-, -obl-, -op-
Homaranismo: Zamenhof's Creed, Kept Apart from Esperanto
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
The Esperanto Letter Ĥ: The Least-Loved Letter
Esperanto Grammar on One Page: All 16 Rules
Esperanto Measurements: Units, Decimals and Rates Aloud
Esperanto Numbers: Counting With Nine Roots, No Exceptions
Oomoto and the Bahá'ís: Two Faiths That Took Up Esperanto
Esperanto Punctuation, Spelling and Abbreviations
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
Personal Names in Esperanto: Johano, John or Ĝon?
The Esperanto Reflexive: si and sia vs li and lia
The Esperanto Article la: When to Use It and When Not
Telling the Time and Dates in Esperanto: je la tria
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 7: unu, el, pli and 8 more words.