Kunludanto metas ludpecojn tiel zorge kiel kontraŭulo.

to put

Breakdown of Kunludanto metas ludpecojn tiel zorge kiel kontraŭulo.

• kiel: as
• tiel: as
• zorge: carefully

Questions & Answers about Kunludanto metas ludpecojn tiel zorge kiel kontraŭulo.

How is kunludanto built, and what does each part mean?

Kunludanto is a compound word:

• kun- = with, together
• lud- = play
• -ant- = active participant, someone doing the action
• -o = noun ending

So kunludanto literally means a person playing together with someone else. Depending on context, that can mean teammate, fellow player, or co-player.

This kind of word-building is very common in Esperanto.

Why does ludpecojn end in both -j and -n?

Because it is:

• plural: -j
• the direct object of metas: -n

Breakdown:

• ludpeco = game piece
• ludpecoj = game pieces
• ludpecojn = game pieces as the direct object

In the sentence, the player is placing the pieces, so ludpecojn is what gets placed.

Why is it zorge and not zorga or zorge with some other ending?

It is zorge because it modifies the verb metas.