La princo ricevis konteltiron ĉe la bankejo.

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Breakdown of La princo ricevis konteltiron ĉe la bankejo.

• ĉe: at
• ricevi: to receive
• bankejo: the bank branch

Questions & Answers about La princo ricevis konteltiron ĉe la bankejo.

Why is there no word for a/an before konteltiron, but there is la before princo and bankejo?

Esperanto has one article, la, which means the. It does not have a separate word for a/an.

So:

• la princo = the prince
• la bankejo = the bank building / the bank place
• konteltiron with no article can mean an account extract / a statement depending on context

A bare noun in Esperanto is often indefinite, where English would use a/an.

Why does princo end in -o?

In Esperanto, all nouns end in -o.

So princo is a noun. The ending tells you its part of speech immediately.

A few related forms are:

• princo = prince
• princoj = princes
• princon = prince as a direct object
• princojn = princes as direct objects

In this sentence, princo is the subject, so it stays princo, not princon.

Why is the verb ricevis?