matene / vespere
Morning, Evening and Night
A part of the day plus -e tells when.
How It Works
| Part of the day | With -e | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| mateno | matene | in the morning |
| tago | tage | by day, during the day |
| vespero | vespere | in the evening |
| nokto | nokte | at night |
The -e word means in that part of the day. It can speak of one morning or of every morning, and the rest of the sentence shows which.
It goes where hodiaŭ goes: Matene mi legas or Mi legas matene. You can put it after another time word: hodiaŭ matene (this morning), hieraŭ vespere (yesterday evening).
The words for parts of the day are ordinary nouns, so en la mateno is also correct and says almost the same.
Examples (5)
- Matene mi trinkas teon kaj legas la novaĵojn.
In the morning I drink tea and read the news.
Matene tells when, with no preposition.
- Kenji laboras tage kaj lernas la hispanan vespere.
Kenji works by day and studies Spanish in the evening.
Two parts of the day in one sentence.
- Hieraŭ vespere Ewa kantis ĉe la kongreso.
Yesterday evening Ewa sang at the congress.
Hieraŭ vespere joins two time words.
- Nokte la urbo estas trankvila.
At night the city is quiet.
Nokte is the -e form of nokto.
- Ĉu vi estos libera vespere, Fatima?
Will you be free in the evening, Fatima?
Vespere works in a question too.
Common Mistakes
Putting a preposition before the -e word.
Mi laboras en matene.Mi laboras matene.Matene already means in the morning, so it needs no en.
How It Connects
Learn This First
A part of the day gets -e to tell when, and it joins the other time words.
Related Patterns
Practice matene / vespere in Bubblegum
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