Breakdown of La moderna kolektejo estas granda.
esti
to be
la
the
granda
large
kolektejo
the collection point
Questions & Answers about La moderna kolektejo estas granda.
Why does moderna end in -a?
In Esperanto, adjectives end in -a. So moderna means modern as an adjective describing a noun.
Here, moderna describes kolektejo, so it takes the adjective ending -a.
Why does granda also end in -a, even though it comes after estas?
Because granda is still an adjective.
In La moderna kolektejo estas granda, the word granda describes the subject kolektejo after the verb estas. This is called a predicate adjective in English grammar.
Esperanto keeps the adjective ending -a whether the adjective comes before the noun or after estas:
- granda domo = a big house
- la domo estas granda = the house is big
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