La lando bezonas armeon.

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Breakdown of La lando bezonas armeon.

• bezoni: to need
• lando: the country; land
• armeo: the army

Questions & Answers about La lando bezonas armeon.

Why is it la lando and not just lando?

La means the.

So la lando means the country, while lando by itself means a country or just country in a general sense.

In this sentence, la lando refers to a specific country, so la is used.

What does lando mean, and how is it built?

Lando means country.

It comes from the root land-, and the ending -o shows that it is a noun.

In Esperanto:

• -o = noun
• -a = adjective
• -e = adverb
• -i = infinitive verb

So lando is literally country / land as a noun.

Why does bezonas end in -as?