Meaning of aeg | Babel Free

Definitions

1. time
2. An endless and unlimited duration with hours, days, years etc. passing.
3. timezone; era
4. The time as indicated by a clock.
5. A specific period in history.
6. A given duration of time available.
7. An indefinite (or definite) instant of time.
8. The time of covering a distance
9. The period of a prison sentence, being in office etc.
10. An appropriate moment for sth.
11. tense

Equivalents

Examples

“aeg lendab kiiresti”

time flies [fast]

“aeg ei peatu”

time does not stop

“Kesk-Euroopa aeg”

Central EuropeanTime

“Ärkasin korra kella kolme ajal.”

I woke up around three o'clock

“Nõukogude aeg”

the Soviet times

“kasuta aega otstarbekalt”

use your time appropriately

“Nägin teda mõni aeg tagasi.”

I saw him/her a while ago.

“Võitja jooksis päeva parima aja.”

The winner got [ran] the best time of today.

“Altkäemaksuvõtja istus oma aja ära ja sai vanglast välja.”

The bribetaker did his time and got out of prison.

“meil on aeg alustada”

it's time for us to start

“Eesti keeles on neli aega: olevik, lihtminevik, täisminevik ja enneminevik.”

There are four tenses in Estonian: present, past, perfect and pluperfect tense.

CEFR level