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mateni

mateni

Esperanto

Verb

mateni (present matenas, past matenis, future matenos, conditional matenus, volitive matenu)

  1. to be morning
    • 1910, Zamenhof, L. L., Proverbaro Esperanta:
      Matenas, vesperas — kaj tago malaperas.
      It's morning, it's evening — and a day disappears.

Related terms

  • matena (related to morning)
  • matene (in the morning)

Antonyms

Usage notes

This verb does not require a subject.