Word
La ŝuldanto repagas la hipotekon.
Meaning
The debtor repays the mortgage.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of La ŝuldanto repagas la hipotekon.
la
the
repagi
to repay; pay back
hipoteko
the mortgage
ŝuldanto
the debtor
Questions & Answers about La ŝuldanto repagas la hipotekon.
Why does repagas end in -as?
In Esperanto, -as marks the present tense. So repagas means repays or is repaying.
Esperanto normally does not make the same basic tense distinction that English does between repays and is repaying. The context tells you which is meant.
What does the prefix re- mean in repagas?
Re- means again or back.
So:
- pagi = to pay
- repagi = to pay back, to repay
That is why repagas means repays / is repaying, not just pays.
What does ŝuldanto literally mean?
Ŝuldanto is built from:
- ŝuldi = to owe
- -ant- = active present participle, meaning someone who is doing the action
- -o = noun ending
So ŝuldanto literally means one who owes.
In normal English, that is debtor.