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Learn Hardcore Esperanto: Nenia pado estas tute sekura. - No kind of path is completely safe.

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/Nenia pado estas tute sekura.

Nenia pado estas tute sekura.

Word

Nenia pado estas tute sekura.

Meaning

No kind of path is completely safe.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Esperanto

Lesson

Going on a day hike

Breakdown of Nenia pado estas tute sekura.

completely; entirely

the path; trail

Questions & Answers about Nenia pado estas tute sekura.

What does nenia mean in this sentence?

Nenia means no kind of, no sort of, or simply no in natural English.

It belongs to the Esperanto correlative system. The ending -a shows that it is describing a noun, like an adjective does. So:

nenia pado = no path / no kind of path

Even though the most literal sense is of no kind, in ordinary translation it often just comes out as no.

Why is it nenia pado and not neniu pado?

This is a very common question.

nenia focuses on kind/type/quality
neniu focuses on individual identity, meaning not any one

So:

nenia pado = no kind of path
neniu pado = not any path / no single path

In many real situations, both would be understandable, and English would often translate both as no path. But nenia fits well when making a general statement about all kinds of paths.

Why is there no ne in the sentence?

no kind of; no ... whatsoever

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Because nenia already makes the sentence negative.

Esperanto often uses a negative word like nenia, neniu, nenio, neniam, and so on, without needing a separate ne.

So:

Nenia pado estas tute sekura. = correct
you do not need an extra ne

A good way to think of it is that the negativity is already built into nenia.

Why does pado end in -o?

Because pado is a noun, and Esperanto nouns end in -o.

Here the basic parts are:

nenia = adjective-like word modifying the noun
pado = noun, the subject
estas = verb
tute sekura = description of the subject

So pado has -o because it is the thing being talked about: a path.

Why is there no -n on pado?

Because pado is the subject of the sentence, not the direct object.

In Esperanto, the -n ending is mainly used for the direct object. But here:

pado is what is something
it is not receiving an action

So it stays in the basic nominative form:

pado, not padon

The same is true for sekura here: it is part of the predicate description, not a direct object.

Why is it sekura and not sekure?

Because sekura is an adjective, and here it describes pado through the linking verb estas.

After esti verbs, Esperanto normally uses an adjective if you are describing the subject:

La pado estas sekura. = The path is safe.

But sekure is an adverb, meaning safely. That would modify a verb, not a noun. For example:

Li marŝas sekure. = He walks safely.

So in this sentence, sekura is the correct form.

What does tute do here?

Tute means completely, entirely, or totally.

It is an adverb, and here it modifies the adjective sekura:

sekura = safe
tute sekura = completely safe

So the sentence is not saying that no path is safe in any sense at all. It is saying that no path is completely safe.

Why does tute come before sekura?

Because it modifies sekura, and in Esperanto adverbs often come before the word they modify.

So:

tute sekura = completely safe

That is the most natural order here. Esperanto word order is fairly flexible, but putting tute before sekura makes the relationship very clear.

Why is there no article like la?

Because this sentence is a general statement, not a statement about one specific path.

la pado would mean the path
pado without la is just path in a general sense

Since the sentence means something like no path at all is completely safe, there is no need for la.

Is the word order fixed in this sentence?

Not completely. Esperanto word order is more flexible than English word order. But the given order is the most neutral and natural:

Nenia pado estas tute sekura.

This follows a very ordinary pattern:

subject: nenia pado
verb: estas
predicate description: tute sekura

Other orders are possible for emphasis, but learners should treat this version as the standard one.

How is the sentence pronounced?

A simple pronunciation guide with stress marked in capitals is:

ne-NI-a
PA-do
ES-tas
TU-te
se-KU-ra

Esperanto stress normally falls on the second-to-last syllable of each word.

A few sound notes:

e is like the vowel in bet
a is like the a in father
u is like oo in food
d and t are always clearly pronounced
r is usually rolled or tapped, depending on the speaker

Would the plural Neniaj padoj also be possible?

Yes, but it would sound a bit different.

Nenia pado is a natural generic statement: No path is completely safe
Neniaj padoj would more explicitly talk about no paths or no kinds of paths

In many cases, Esperanto uses the singular for broad general statements, so Nenia pado estas tute sekura is very natural. The plural is possible, but not necessary here.

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