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In Esperanto, estas can be used in an existential sentence, similar to English there is or there are.
So:
- Estas damaĝo = There is damage
- literally, this is something like Exists damage
Esperanto does not need a separate word for English there in this kind of sentence. The subject is damaĝo.
It is damaĝo because it is the subject of the sentence, not the direct object.
In Esperanto, the -n ending marks:
- the direct object
- or motion toward something in some expressions
Here, damaĝo is simply what exists, so it stays in the basic noun form:
- damaĝo = subject
- not damaĝon