Breakdown of La dentisto tenis la injekton.
Questions & Answers about La dentisto tenis la injekton.
The -n marks the direct object in Esperanto.
In this sentence, la dentisto is the one doing the action, and la injekton is the thing being held. So injekto becomes injekton.
- la dentisto = the subject
- tenis = held
- la injekton = the direct object
This -n ending is called the accusative.
Because dentisto is the subject, not the direct object.
In Esperanto, the subject normally does not take -n. Only the direct object does.
So:
- La dentisto tenis la injekton. = The dentist held the injection.
- La injekto tenis la dentiston. would mean the injection held the dentist, because now dentiston has the -n.