La biciklo kostas dudek eŭrojn.

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Breakdown of La biciklo kostas dudek eŭrojn.

• biciklo: the bicycle
• kosti: to cost
• eŭro: the euro

Questions & Answers about La biciklo kostas dudek eŭrojn.

Why does the sentence start with la?

La is the definite article, meaning the. It shows that the speaker means a specific bicycle, not just any bicycle.

So:

• La biciklo = the bicycle
• Biciklo = a bicycle / bicycle in a more general or indefinite sense

Esperanto has la for the, but it does not have a separate word for a/an.

Why does biciklo end in -o?

In Esperanto, nouns normally end in -o.

So:

• biciklo = bicycle
• domo = house
• hundo = dog

This makes it easy to recognize that biciklo is a noun.

Why is it kostas and not some other form like kosti or kostis?