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How to say "in five minutes"

ya Lorion, 5 Januari 2010

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Lorion (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 3:23:59 alasiri

I want to say something like
"I am back here in five minutes".
How to say this in Esperanto?
"Mi returnas en kvin minutojn"?
Is "en" the correct preposition?

dimichxp (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 3:29:04 alasiri

Lorion:I want to say something like
"I am back here in five minutes".
How to say this in Esperanto?
"Mi returnas en kvin minutojn"?
Is "en" the correct preposition?
Mi revenos post kvin minutoj.

tommjames (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 3:32:30 alasiri

If you want to say that you'll return when 5 minutes have past, it would be "post". If you just want to show that you'll return at some point within 5 minutes, say "en".

Lorion (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 3:40:17 alasiri

Dankon!

Miland (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 5:26:33 alasiri

Lorion:I want to say..
It may be instructive to study the sections of PMEG concerning the different prepositions dealing with time:
en (section "Tempo"), "within".
dum, "during".
tra (section "Tempo"), "through".
por (section "Tempo"), "for" (in the sense of a desired period).
ĝis, until (an event has occurred, not usually the lapse of a measured period of time)
antaŭ (section "Tempo"), "before", but note also the use of antaŭ ol in various circumstances.
post (section "Tempo"), "after", but note also the use of post kiam.

Lorion (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 7:37:20 alasiri

Miland:
Lorion:I want to say..
It may be instructive to study the sections of PMEG concerning the different prepositions dealing with time:
en (section "Tempo"), "within".
dum, "during".
tra (section "Tempo"), "through".
por (section "Tempo"), "for" (in the sense of a desired period).
ĝis, until (an event has occurred, not usually the lapse of a measured period of time)
antaŭ (section "Tempo"), "before", but note also the use of antaŭ ol in various circumstances.
post (section "Tempo"), "after", but note also the use of post kiam.
what about inter and ĉirkaŭ? Can I use them for time specification?

Miland (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 10:08:09 alasiri

Lorion:what about inter and ĉirkaŭ? Can I use them for time specification?
Yes, for example you could say Tio bezonos inter kvin kaj dek minutojn, "That will take between five and ten minutes", or Tio bezonos ĉirkaŭ sep minutojn, "That will take about seven minutes". There are examples in PMEG for inter (section tempo) and ĉirkaŭ (section Proksimumeco).

tommjames (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 10:51:54 alasiri

Tio bezonos inter kvin kaj dek minutojn sal.gif

RiotNrrd (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 5 Januari 2010 11:57:04 alasiri

"Inter" is a preposition. The accusative does not follow a preposition unless direction is indicated.

tommjames (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 6 Januari 2010 12:07:17 asubuhi

RiotNrrd:"Inter" is a preposition. The accusative does not follow a preposition unless direction is indicated.
Generally that's true, but it's not an absolute and is not the case here. PMEG has the following quote:

Por aĉeti ĝin vi devas pagi inter 100 kaj 200 eŭrojn.

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