iam estis
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Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From iam (“sometime; once”) + estis (“was, there was”), literally “once there was”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (figurative) once upon a time (stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events)
- Iam estis bela princino… ― Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess…