La fama dentokliniko akceptas pacientojn.

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Breakdown of La fama dentokliniko akceptas pacientojn.

• akcepti: to accept
• dentokliniko: the dental clinic
• paciento: the patient

Questions & Answers about La fama dentokliniko akceptas pacientojn.

Why is there -n on pacientojn?

The -n ending marks the direct object in Esperanto: the thing receiving the action.

• akceptas = accepts
• pacientojn = patients

So pacientojn is the thing being accepted, which is why it gets -n.

Because the word is also plural, it has both:

• -j for plural
• -n for direct object

So:

• paciento = a patient
• pacientoj = patients
• pacienton = a patient, as direct object
• pacientojn = patients, as direct object

Why doesn’t dentokliniko have -n too?

Because dentokliniko is the subject, not the object.

In this sentence, the famous dental clinic is doing the action of accepting. The clinic is not being accepted; it is the one accepting patients.

So:

• La fama dentokliniko = the subject
• akceptas = the verb
• pacientojn = the direct object

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