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Esperanto
Etymology
From jam temp' está.
Phrase
jam temp' esti (present jam temp' estas, past jam temp' estis, future jam temp' estos, conditional jam temp' estus, volitive jam temp' estu)
- to be about time, to already be time (for something)
1998 June 5, Manuel M Campagna, “Re: tiparoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet):Kiam tiu fama pakto okazis, kompvendisto (kiu tiam vendis IBM-on, Makintosxon kaj Amigon) diris al mi : "Jam temp' estis, ke Aplo instruu IBM-on, kiel oni faras kompojn..."- When this famed pact happened, a computer vendor (who, at the time, sold IBM, Macintosh, and Amiga) said to me: "It was high time that Apple teach IBM how to make computers..."
2001 June 8, Marko Rauhamaa, “Re: inkludi / inkluzivi”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet):Do jam temp' estas konstati: mi lernis chion lernindan pri la gramatiko kaj vortaro de ordinara esperanto.- So it's about time to confirm: I have learnt everything worthy of learning about the grammar and vocabulary of ordinary Esperanto.