Breakdown of La rentgenbildo montras la makzelon.
Questions & Answers about La rentgenbildo montras la makzelon.
The -n marks the direct object in Esperanto.
In this sentence:
- La rentgenbildo = the subject, the thing doing the showing
- montras = shows
- la makzelon = the object, the thing being shown
So makzelo becomes makzelon because it is what the X-ray shows.
A very literal breakdown is:
- La rentgenbildo = the X-ray image
- montras = shows
- la makzelon = the jaw
This -n ending is called the accusative.
Because la means the, and Esperanto uses it much like English for definite nouns.
So:
- La rentgenbildo = the X-ray image
- la makzelon = the jaw
Unlike English, Esperanto has:
- a definite article: la
- no indefinite article: there is no separate word for a/an
So:
- rentgenbildo = an X-ray image / X-ray image
- la rentgenbildo = the X-ray image