"Ni lernas iomete."
Translation:We learn a bit.
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I guess it's the very same difference of his English "equivalents": a little [bit] and not much, respectively, which aren't synonyms at all
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.
"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.
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!
So if you were to use "iometa" would that mean like "a small amount of..." Like: "Mi trinkas iometan lakton."?
Yes. Though in that case you might just say "mi trinkas iom lakton" which means "I drink some milk."
Correcting: "Mi trinkas iom da lakto". You will learn that when you refer about amounts, you need use the preposition "da".
I just put "We are learning a little" and it was accepted. Your comment is almost a year old; perhaps back then, the moderators hadn't gotten around to adding that option yet.
Just a small thought that hopefully won't sound too picky.
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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?
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"
it can go anywhere i think , we before or after the verb is probably most common
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Sorry I am not native english speaker (and Doulingo admins want not to start an esperanto course for my language...) ... why not "I am learning a little"?
you probably already know the answer as you're in level 23 lol, but I'll answer it anyway because it may be useful to someone in the future: "ni" means "we", not "I" (which is translated as "mi")
That's the essence of Duolingo. La lecionoj estas TRE longaj, sed ni lernas iomete...
Oni povas diri: ni lernetas.
Kaj oni povas diri: ni lernas iomete.
Sed oni ne povas diri: ni lernetas = ni lernas iomete.
Dankon por rapida respondo! Kion signifas "ni lernetas"? Ni lernas de tempo al tempo?
Bona demando. Mi pensas ke mallonga respondo estus malbona respondo, sed jen mia mallonga respondo:
Jes, mi supozas, ke tio estas unu el multaj elblaj kaj bonaj interpretoj.