long time no see in Esperanto

“Long time no see” in Esperanto is Delonge mi ne vidis vin! (deh-LOHN-geh mee neh VEE-dees veen), literally “for a long time I haven’t seen you”. We found no fixed idiom for this, so people say it in plain words. Delonge means “for a long time now” (ReVo).

Other ways to say it

• Mi jam delonge ne vidis vin.I haven’t seen you for ages.
• Ni delonge ne vidis unu la alian.We haven’t seen each other for a long time.
• Mi ne vidis vin dum longa tempo.I haven’t seen you for a long time.
• Longa tempo sen revido!A long time without a meeting! (a literal rendering of the English)

Example sentences

• Delonge mi ne vidis vin!Long time no see!
• Mi ne vidis vin delonge.I have not seen you for a long time.

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