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En la mateno mi preskaŭ malfruas, ĉar mi ne vidas la horon sur la horloĝo.
Meaning
In the morning I am almost late, because I do not see the time on the clock.
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Breakdown of En la mateno mi preskaŭ malfruas, ĉar mi ne vidas la horon sur la horloĝo.
mi
I
la
the
vidi
to see
en
in
Questions & Answers about En la mateno mi preskaŭ malfruas, ĉar mi ne vidas la horon sur la horloĝo.
Why does the sentence say En la mateno instead of just mateno or matene?
Esperanto has a few ways to express “in the morning”:
En la mateno = literally “in the morning”, with preposition + article + noun.
- Used when you talk about a particular part of the day as a period:
- En la mateno mi laboras. – In the morning I work.
- Used when you talk about a particular part of the day as a period:
Matene = an adverb, meaning “in the morning / in the mornings / in the morning-time” in a general, habitual sense.
- Very common for talking about routines:
- Matene mi trinkas kafon. – I drink coffee in the mornings.
- Very common for talking about routines:
In this sentence, En la mateno is perfectly fine and idiomatic; Matene mi preskaŭ malfruas… would also be natural, and even a bit more typical when describing a repeated habit or a usual situation. Both are correct, with matene sounding slightly more like “as a rule, in the morning”.
Why is the verb malfruas in the present tense and not past (malfruis) or future (malfruos)?