Word
La riĉa familio havas du aŭtojn.
Meaning
The rich family has two cars.
Part of speech
sentence
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Questions & Answers about La riĉa familio havas du aŭtojn.
Why does the sentence start with la?
La is the definite article, equivalent to the in English. Esperanto has only one definite article, and it never changes form. So:
- la familio = the family
- la riĉa familio = the rich family
Unlike English, Esperanto has no separate indefinite article like a or an.
Why is riĉa spelled with -a at the end?
In Esperanto, adjectives normally end in -a. So riĉa is an adjective meaning rich.
Some common adjective endings work like this:
- riĉa = rich
- bona = good
- granda = big
That -a tells you the word is describing a noun.
Why is it riĉa familio and not some other form of riĉa?