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En decembro nia familio restas pli ofte hejme, ĉar estas malvarme kaj la tago estas mallonga.
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In December our family stays home more often, because it is cold and the day is short.
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Breakdown of En decembro nia familio restas pli ofte hejme, ĉar estas malvarme kaj la tago estas mallonga.
esti
to be
en
in
kaj
and
ĉar
because
Questions & Answers about En decembro nia familio restas pli ofte hejme, ĉar estas malvarme kaj la tago estas mallonga.
Why does the sentence begin with En decembro? Does en mean in here?
Yes. En decembro means in December.
In Esperanto, en is commonly used for:
- location: en la domo = in the house
- time periods: en decembro, en somero, en 2025
So this works very much like English in December.
Also note that month names in Esperanto are normally not capitalized, so decembro is standard.
Why is it nia familio and not something plural, since a family has several people?
Because familio is grammatically a singular noun. It means family as one group.
So:
- nia familio = our family
- niaj familioj = our families
Even though a family contains many people, Esperanto treats familio as one unit here, just like English usually does.
That is why the verb is also singular:
- nia familio restas = our family stays/remains
What does restas mean here? Is it the same as English stays?