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Nokte mi aŭdis la pluvon frapi la fenestron, sed matene la ĉielo denove brilis.
Meaning
At night I heard the rain hit the window, but in the morning the sky shone again.
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Breakdown of Nokte mi aŭdis la pluvon frapi la fenestron, sed matene la ĉielo denove brilis.
mi
I
fenestro
the window
sed
but
pluvo
the rain
Questions & Answers about Nokte mi aŭdis la pluvon frapi la fenestron, sed matene la ĉielo denove brilis.
Why are nokte and matene ending in -e?
They are adverbs. In Esperanto, -e makes an adverb, so nokte means at night / during the night, and matene means in the morning.
They come from the noun roots nokt- and maten-. This is a very common way to express time:
- tage = by day, during the day
- vespere = in the evening
- somere = in summer
So Nokte mi aŭdis... is literally something like At night I heard...
Could I also say en la nokto or dum la nokto instead of nokte?
Yes. All of these can work, but they are not identical in feel.
- nokte = at night, night-time, a simple adverbial time expression
- en la nokto = in the night
- dum la nokto = during the night
In many everyday sentences, nokte is the most compact and natural choice. The same applies to matene.
Why is it la pluvon and not la pluvo?