Breakdown of Post la nokta vento nia najbarino rimarkis, ke la tegmento rompiĝis en unu loko, sed neniu vundiĝis.
la
the
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but
loko
the place
Questions & Answers about Post la nokta vento nia najbarino rimarkis, ke la tegmento rompiĝis en unu loko, sed neniu vundiĝis.
Why is it Post la nokta vento and not something like Poste de la nokta vento?
Post is the normal preposition for after in Esperanto.
So:
- post la nokta vento = after the night wind
Poste is an adverb meaning afterward / later, not a preposition. So you can say:
- Poste nia najbarino rimarkis... = Afterward our neighbor noticed...
But if you want to say after + a noun phrase, you use post, not poste de.
Why is it la nokta vento? What does nokta mean here?
Nokta is the adjective form of nokto (night).
- nokto = night
- nokta = nightly, night-, of the night
So la nokta vento literally means the night wind or the wind during the night.
This is very common in Esperanto: a noun can become an adjective with -a.
Examples:
- tago = day → taga = daily, day-
- somero = summer → somera = summer, summer-
Why is there la in la nokta vento and la tegmento, but not in nia najbarino?