La firmao dungos du kandidatojn.

La is the definite article in Esperanto, meaning the.

So:

• la firmao = the company
• firmao = a company / company

Esperanto has only one article, la, and it does not change for gender, number, or case.

The ending -os marks the future tense in Esperanto.

So:

• dungas = hires / is hiring
• dungis = hired
• dungos = will hire

That means dungos tells you the action will happen in the future.

Du means two, and Esperanto numbers do not change form.

So you always use:

• du homoj
• du libroj
• du kandidatoj

Unlike in some languages, the number itself stays the same no matter what noun follows it.

The ending -jn combines two things:

• -j = plural
• -n = accusative case, usually marking the direct object

Here, the company is doing the hiring, and the candidates are the ones being hired, so kandidatojn is the direct object.

Breakdown:

• kandidato = candidate
• kandidatoj = candidates
• kandidatojn = candidates (as the direct object)

Because firmao is the subject, not the direct object.

In this sentence:

• La firmao = the company → the one performing the action
• du kandidatojn = two candidates → the ones receiving the action

In Esperanto, the -n ending usually goes on the direct object, not the subject.

In Esperanto, verbs do not change according to person or number.

So the future tense is always -os, no matter who the subject is:

• mi dungos = I will hire
• vi dungos = you will hire
• la firmao dungos = the company will hire
• ili dungos = they will hire

This is much simpler than English verb agreement.

Yes, Esperanto word order is fairly flexible because the -n ending helps show what is the object.

The normal order is:

• La firmao dungos du kandidatojn.

But you could also say:

• Du kandidatojn la firmao dungos.

That still means the same thing, because kandidatojn has -n, so it is clearly the object.

Even so, the most neutral and common order is subject–verb–object.

Because plural marking goes on the noun, not on the number.

So:

• du kandidatoj = two candidates

The number already tells you how many there are, but Esperanto still normally adds -j to the noun for plural.

In this sentence, because the noun is also the direct object, it becomes kandidatojn.

No. Esperanto nouns are not grammatically gendered the way they are in many European languages.

Firmao is just a noun meaning company. It does not have masculine or feminine grammar attached to it.

That is why the article is always just la, regardless of the noun.

The dictionary, or base, forms are:

• dungi = to hire
• kandidato = candidate

Esperanto words are very regular:

For verbs:

• dungi = infinitive
• dungas = present
• dungis = past
• dungos = future

For nouns:

• kandidato = singular
• kandidatoj = plural
• kandidatojn = plural direct object

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

lah feer-MAH-oh DOON-gohs doo kahn-dee-DAH-toyn

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• a sounds like ah
• i sounds like ee
• o sounds like oh
• u sounds like oo
• j sounds like English y
• oj sounds roughly like oy

So kandidatojn ends with something like toyn.

In standard Esperanto, no. It should be du kandidatojn because this noun phrase is the direct object.

Without -n, the sentence would be grammatically wrong or at least incomplete in standard usage.

So the correct form is:

• La firmao dungos du kandidatojn.