Questions & Answers about Mi konsideros la tarifon.
What does -os mean in konsideros?
-os is the Esperanto future-tense ending.
So konsideros means will consider.
A quick comparison:
- mi konsideras = I consider / I am considering
- mi konsideris = I considered
- mi konsideros = I will consider
In Esperanto, all verbs use fixed endings, so once you know -os, you can recognize the future tense easily.
Why is it tarifon and not tarifo?
The -n ending marks the direct object in Esperanto.
In this sentence:
- Mi = the subject, the person doing the action
- konsideros = will consider
- la tarifon = the thing being considered
So tarifo becomes tarifon because it is receiving the action of the verb.
What is the base form of konsideros?
The base dictionary form is konsideri, meaning to consider.
Esperanto verbs change by replacing the final verb ending:
- konsideri = to consider
- konsideras = considers / is considering
- konsideris = considered
- konsideros = will consider
- konsiderus = would consider
- konsideru = consider! / let ... consider
- konsideri = to consider
This regularity is one of the easiest parts of Esperanto grammar.