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Wouldn't it be right "We barely learn"? or this "iomete" is to say a a little bit, but still enough? I wish I could find a translation from the root and suffixes.
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"iom" means "some quantity" and "et" diminishes the root it's attached to. Thus, "a little bit". Think of it as "less than some", while barely means "more than none"
Yes. Esperanto is much more flexible about word order, which is nice because it allows you to use word order to convey subtle differences in emphasis.
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What's the etymology of "iomete"? I can't recognize it...
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It's about as purely Esperanto as you can get. -e is the adverb ending. -et- is a suffix indicating a reduction of the root. Iom is one of the 45 correlatives, which are built from one of 5 beginnings and 9 endings. i- indicates a non-specific, and -om indicates a quantity.
This is the full table of correlatives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_vocabulary#Correlatives
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Thank you for that very helpful explanation and link, which is now bookmarked. Have a lingot!
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So if you were to use "iometa" would that mean like "a small amount of..." Like: "Mi trinkas iometan lakton."?
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Yes. Though in that case you might just say "mi trinkas iom lakton" which means "I drink some milk."
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Correcting: "Mi trinkas iom da lakto". You will learn that when you refer about amounts, you need use the preposition "da".
Ne, ni lernas multe.
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So, does it matter where the adverb goes in a sentence? Or does it have to have the -e suffix and be near the verb?
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The -e suffix is what makes it an adverb so yes it will need to have that if you're going to use the word as an adverb. For example... "la libro estas bon-A" means "the book is good" and "li legas bon-E" means "he reads well"
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it can go anywhere i think , we before or after the verb is probably most common
