La bankejo estas apud la vilaĝo.

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Breakdown of La bankejo estas apud la vilaĝo.

• la: the
• apud: next to
• bankejo: the bank branch

Questions & Answers about La bankejo estas apud la vilaĝo.

Why is it bankejo instead of banko?

The suffix -ej- means place used for something or establishment/building connected with something.

So:

• banko = a bank, the institution
• bankejo = the bank building / bank premises / banking place

In many contexts, people do just say banko for bank, but bankejo makes it especially clear that we mean the physical place.

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What does the ending -o mean in bankejo and vilaĝo?

The ending -o marks a noun in Esperanto.

So:

• bankejo = bank building / bank place
• vilaĝo = village

This is one of the most basic Esperanto patterns:

• -o = noun
• -a = adjective
• -e = adverb
• -i = infinitive verb
• -as = present tense verb

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