Breakdown of La paciento ricevis anestezon antaŭ la kuracado.
la
the
antaŭ
before
ricevi
to receive
paciento
the patient
Questions & Answers about La paciento ricevis anestezon antaŭ la kuracado.
Why does anestezon end in -n?
Because anestezon is the direct object of the verb ricevis (received).
In Esperanto, the direct object usually takes the -n ending:
- La paciento ricevis anestezon. = The patient received anesthesia.
The patient is the one doing or experiencing the verb, so paciento does not get -n here. The thing received, anestezo, is the object, so it becomes anestezon.
Why doesn’t paciento have an -n ending too?
Because la paciento is the subject of the sentence, not the direct object.
Compare:
- La paciento ricevis anestezon. = The patient received anesthesia.
- La kuracisto traktis la pacienton. = The doctor treated the patient.
In the second sentence, pacienton gets -n because the patient is the object of traktis.
What does ricevis mean, and why does it end in -is?