Word
La konteltiro montras krediton kaj debeton.
Meaning
The statement shows credit and debit.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La konteltiro montras krediton kaj debeton.
la
the
kaj
and
montri
to show
konteltiro
the bank account statement
Questions & Answers about La konteltiro montras krediton kaj debeton.
Why is there la before konteltiro but not before krediton and debeton?
la means the. It marks konteltiro as a specific thing: the statement.
There is no la before krediton and debeton because those are being used more generally here, like credit and debit as categories or items shown on the statement.
Also, Esperanto has only one article, la. It does not have separate words for a or an.
How is konteltiro built?
konteltiro is a compound word.
It is made from:
- kont- = the root of konto (account)
- eltiro = extract, excerpt, or something drawn out
So konteltiro literally means something like account extract, which is why it can mean account statement or statement.
This is very common in Esperanto: words are often built by combining roots instead of using completely separate vocabulary items.
Why does montras end in -as?