Questions & Answers about La montpasejo estas parto de nia itinero.
What is montpasejo made of? It looks like a long word.
It is a compound word, which is very common in Esperanto.
- mont- = mountain
- pas- = pass, go through
- -ej- = place
- -o = noun ending
So montpasejo literally means something like a place for passing through mountains, which is why it means mountain pass or mountain passage.
Esperanto often builds words this way, so learning to spot the parts is very helpful.
Why does the sentence start with la?
La is the definite article, meaning the.
So La montpasejo means the mountain pass, not just a mountain pass.
Esperanto has only one definite article: la. It does not change for gender, number, or case.
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