"iam estis" meaning in Esperanto

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "iam",
        "3": "estis",
        "lit": "once there was",
        "t1": "sometime; once",
        "t2": "was, there was"
      },
      "expansion": "iam (“sometime; once”) + estis (“was, there was”), literally “once there was”",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From iam (“sometime; once”) + estis (“was, there was”), literally “once there was”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "iam estis",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "i‧am"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "eo",
          "name": "Narratology",
          "orig": "eo:Narratology",
          "parents": [
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Art",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess…",
          "text": "Iam estis bela princino…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "once upon a time (stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events)"
      ],
      "id": "en-iam_estis-eo-adv-ZLDzoPAU",
      "links": [
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) once upon a time (stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈiam ˈestis]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-estis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iam estis"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "iam",
        "3": "estis",
        "lit": "once there was",
        "t1": "sometime; once",
        "t2": "was, there was"
      },
      "expansion": "iam (“sometime; once”) + estis (“was, there was”), literally “once there was”",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From iam (“sometime; once”) + estis (“was, there was”), literally “once there was”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "iam estis",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "i‧am"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto compound terms",
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto non-lemma forms",
        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Esperanto terms with usage examples",
        "Esperanto verb forms",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Esperanto/estis",
        "eo:Narratology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess…",
          "text": "Iam estis bela princino…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "once upon a time (stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) once upon a time (stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈiam ˈestis]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-estis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iam estis"
}