Meaning of da | Babel Free
daDefinitions
Of, -ful (used instead of de with quantities, to emphasize the quantity rather than the thing quantified, or to indicate the unity of a shape and its material, a container and its contents, or a group and its members)
Equivalents
Examples
“glaso da vino”
a glass of wine, a glassful of wine
“kilogramo da viando”
a kilogram of meat
“grupo da homoj”
a group of people
“kvar metroj da ĉi tiu ŝtofo kostas naŭ frankojn”
four meters of this cloth costs nine francs
“Li ligis la tri florojn en bukedon, kaj prezentis al ŝi tiun bukedon da floroj”
He tied the three flowers into a bouquet, and presented her with this bouquet of flowers
“Damasko [...] estos amaso da ruinaĵoj”
Damascus will be a mass of ruins
“tuto da kondiĉoj kaj cirkonstancoj, en kiuj iu troviĝas”
all of the conditions and circumstances in which we find ourselves
“sistemo da sonoj por la esprimado de pensoj”
a system of sounds for the expression of thought
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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