Breakdown of La bankkonto havas saldon.
havi
to have
la
the
bankkonto
the bank account
saldo
the account balance
Questions & Answers about La bankkonto havas saldon.
Why does saldon end in -n?
Because saldon is the direct object of havas.
In Esperanto, the thing that receives the action of the verb gets -n. Here:
- La bankkonto = the subject, the thing doing the having
- havas = has
- saldon = the thing being had
So saldo becomes saldon.
What does havas mean grammatically, and why does it end in -as?
The ending -as marks the present tense in Esperanto.
So:
- havas = has / have
- havis = had
- havos = will have
The verb form does not change depending on the subject. So:
- mi havas = I have
- vi havas = you have
- la bankkonto havas = the bank account has
That is much simpler than English, where have changes to has for some subjects.
Why is bankkonto written as one word?