Questions & Answers about La ŝtata elspezo aperas en la buĝeto.
Ŝtata is an adjective, while ŝtato is a noun.
- ŝtato = state, country, state entity
- ŝtata = state-related, governmental, public
Esperanto adjectives end in -a, so ŝtata elspezo means state expenditure or government spending.
This is a very common pattern:
- urbo = city → urba = urban, city-
- familio = family → familia = family-related
- ŝtato = state → ŝtata = state-related
It is formed from the noun ŝtato by replacing the noun ending -o with the adjective ending -a:
- ŝtat-o → ŝtat-a
This is one of the most basic word-building patterns in Esperanto. It is very productive, so learners quickly get used to it.