La dentisto metis kronon sur la muelodonton.

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Breakdown of La dentisto metis kronon sur la muelodonton.

• meti: to put
• sur: onto
• dentisto: the dentist

Questions & Answers about La dentisto metis kronon sur la muelodonton.

Why is it metis and not metas or meti?

Because -is marks the past tense in Esperanto.

• meti = to put, to place
• metas = puts / is putting
• metis = put / placed

So La dentisto metis... means The dentist put/placed...

Why does kronon end in -n?

The -n shows the direct object: the thing directly affected by the action.

In this sentence, the dentist is putting a crown, so kronon is the object of metis.

Compare:

• La dentisto metis kronon. = The dentist put a crown.
• Krono falis. = A crown fell.
  Here krono is the subject, so there is no -n.

Why does muelodonton also end in -n, even though it comes after sur?