Meaning of po | Babel Free

Definitions

A grammatical particle used with quantity words to indicate rate or a distributive quantity: each, apiece, at, @

Examples

“Mi kudrados ĉiutage po 10 horoj.”

I will sew 10 hours a day.

“Oni povas nokti po 6 frankoj.”

You can spend the night for 6 francs (a night).

“La kurso daŭras dum 10 tagoj po 30 minutoj.”

The course lasts 10 days at 30 minutes (a day).

“La komitato estas rebalotota ĉiun trian jaron po triono.”

A third of the committee is reelected every third year.

“La gastoj trinkis po (unu) glaseton da vino.”

The guests each drank one glass of wine.

“Ili ricevis po 5 pomojn.”

They received 5 apples apiece.

“Elektu al vi po 3 homojn el ĉiu tribo.”

Choose for yourselves 3 people (apiece) from each tribe.

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