Ni elŝutas kaj alŝutas la saman dosieron.

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Breakdown of Ni elŝutas kaj alŝutas la saman dosieron.

• ni: we
• kaj: and
• sama: same

Questions & Answers about Ni elŝutas kaj alŝutas la saman dosieron.

Why does the sentence start with Ni? Is Esperanto required to say the subject pronoun?

Ni means we.

In Esperanto, the verb ending tells you the tense but not the person, so the subject pronoun is normally stated:

• mi = I
• vi = you
• li/ŝi/ĝi = he/she/it
• ni = we
• ili = they

So Ni elŝutas kaj alŝutas... is the normal way to say We download and upload...

Because of context, pronouns can sometimes be omitted in casual style or special situations, but standard Esperanto usually includes them.

Why do elŝutas and alŝutas both end in -as?

The ending -as marks the present tense in Esperanto.

So:

• elŝutas = download / are downloading
• alŝutas = upload / are uploading

Esperanto verb endings are very regular:

• -as = present
• -is = past
• -os = future
• -us = conditional
• -u = command / jussive
• -i = infinitive

So if you changed the tense, you would get:

• Ni elŝutis kaj alŝutis... = We downloaded and uploaded...
• Ni elŝutos kaj alŝutos... = We will download and upload...

What is the difference between elŝuti and alŝuti?