La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis.

Raŭndo means round, as in a round of a game, match, contest, or similar event.

It is a borrowed word, adapted to Esperanto spelling and sound rules:

• English round
• Esperanto raŭndo

This is normal in Esperanto. Many international or culture-specific words are borrowed and then written phonetically.

La is the Esperanto definite article, meaning the.

So:

• raŭndo = a round / round
• la raŭndo = the round

Unlike English, Esperanto has only one definite article: la. It does not change for gender, number, or case in ordinary use.

A good approximate pronunciation is:

RAWN-do

More exactly:

• ra = like rah
• ŭ = a very short w-like sound
• ndo = n-do

The part aŭ is a diphthong, roughly like ow in cow, though pronunciation can vary a little by speaker.

So raŭndo sounds roughly like ROW-n-do or ROWN-do, depending on accent.

Ĵus means just, in the time sense of a moment ago / just now.

So:

• ĵus finiĝis = has just ended / just ended

It does not mean only. For only, Esperanto usually uses nur.

Examples:

• Mi ĵus alvenis. = I just arrived.
• Mi havas nur unu. = I have only one.

Ĵ is pronounced like the s in measure or the g in genre.

So ĵus is pronounced roughly:

zhoos

Breakdown:

• ĵ = zh
• u = oo
• s = s

Finiĝis comes from the root fin-, meaning end / finish.

It contains:

• fin- = end, finish
• -iĝ- = become, get into a state
• -is = past tense

So finiĝis literally means something like:

• became finished
• got finished
• more naturally: ended

In this sentence, La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis means The round has just ended or The round just ended.

This is an important difference.

• fini = to finish something
• finiĝi = to become finished, to end

So:

• Li finis la libron. = He finished the book.
  • Here, someone actively finished something.
• La kunsido finiĝis. = The meeting ended.
  • Here, the meeting itself came to an end.

In your sentence, the round is not finishing something else. The round itself is ending, so finiĝis is the natural choice.

Not exactly. It is usually better to think of it as intransitive or becoming-state, not a true passive.

Compare:

• Iu finis la raŭndon. = Someone finished the round.
• La raŭndo finiĝis. = The round ended.
• La raŭndo estis finita. = The round was finished.

Finiĝis focuses on the round reaching its end.
Estis finita is a real passive and sounds more like emphasizing that some agent finished it.

In many everyday situations, finiĝis is more natural.

Esperanto tense works more simply than English tense.

• -is = past
• -as = present
• -os = future

So finiĝis is simply ended in the past.

When Esperanto adds ĵus, the meaning often matches English has just ... very well:

• La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis. = The round just ended. = The round has just ended.

Esperanto usually does not need a special perfect tense here.

Yes, Esperanto word order is fairly flexible, because endings carry much of the grammatical information.

The neutral order is:

• La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis.

You might also see:

• Ĵus finiĝis la raŭndo.
• La raŭndo finiĝis ĵus.

These can shift emphasis slightly, but all are understandable.

Still, La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis is a very natural, straightforward order for learners.

Because this sentence has no direct object.

• La raŭndo is the subject: the thing that ended.
• ĵus is an adverb.
• finiĝis is an intransitive verb form here.

The accusative -n is used mainly for direct objects and some other functions, but none is needed in this sentence.

Yes, but it means something slightly different in feel.

• La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis. = The round has just ended.
  • Focus on the event of ending.
• La raŭndo estas finita. = The round is finished.
  • Focus on the current state.

If you want to emphasize that the ending happened a moment ago, ĵus finiĝis is usually better.

Often, yes, because it naturally modifies the action:

• La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis.

But Esperanto adverbs are flexible, so you may also see:

• Ĵus la raŭndo finiĝis.
• La raŭndo finiĝis ĵus.

The most common and neutral placement is usually near the verb, especially before it.

Using the same verb:

• La raŭndo finiĝas. = The round is ending / ends
• La raŭndo finiĝos. = The round will end

And with ĵus, you normally use the past:

• La raŭndo ĵus finiĝis. = The round just ended / has just ended

That is because ĵus usually refers to something that happened very recently.

Often yes, especially in games, sports, contests, and discussions with numbered stages. But like many borrowed words, usage may depend on context.

For example, in some situations Esperanto speakers might also choose a more specific word depending on what kind of round is meant.

Still, raŭndo is very understandable and common for many modern uses.