La lumigo malkaŝas la rekviziton.

La is the Esperanto definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• la lumigo = the lighting
• la rekviziton = the prop

Esperanto has only one definite article: la. It does not change for gender, number, or case.

There is no indefinite article in Esperanto, so Esperanto does not have separate words for a or an.

Lumigo comes from the idea of causing light or illumination.

It can be broken down like this:

• lum- = light
• -ig- = to cause, make something become
• -o = noun ending

So lumigo literally suggests the act or result of lighting/illuminating.

Depending on context, it may mean:

• lighting
• illumination
• the lighting effect

This is a very typical Esperanto word-building pattern.

In Esperanto, all present-tense verbs end in -as.

So malkaŝas means reveals / is revealing in the present tense.

The basic tense endings are:

• -as = present
• -is = past
• -os = future
• -us = conditional
• -u = command / volitive
• -i = infinitive

Examples:

• malkaŝas = reveals
• malkaŝis = revealed
• malkaŝos = will reveal

Yes, mal- is very important. It is one of Esperanto’s most common prefixes and often gives an opposite or reverse meaning.

Here the word can be understood as:

• kaŝi = to hide
• malkaŝi = to un-hide, uncover, reveal

So malkaŝas = reveals / uncovers.

This is a very common Esperanto pattern:

• bona = good → malbona = bad
• fermi = close → malfermi = open
• kaŝi = hide → malkaŝi = reveal

The -n marks the direct object. This is called the accusative ending.

In this sentence:

• La lumigo = the subject, the thing doing the action
• malkaŝas = reveals
• la rekviziton = the direct object, the thing being revealed

So rekvizito becomes rekviziton because it receives the action.

Without the -n, the sentence would be ungrammatical in standard Esperanto.

Because rekvizito by itself is just the basic noun form, meaning prop or requisite item depending on context.

When it functions as the direct object, it takes -n:

• rekvizito = a prop / the prop
• rekviziton = the prop (as direct object)

This happens with nouns and with any adjectives agreeing with them:

• la granda rekvizito = the big prop
• la grandan rekviziton = the big prop (direct object)

Yes, Esperanto word order is fairly flexible, especially because the -n shows which noun is the direct object.

The neutral order here is:

• La lumigo malkaŝas la rekviziton.

But you could also say:

• La rekviziton malkaŝas la lumigo.

That still means The lighting reveals the prop, because rekviziton still has the -n.

That said, the original word order is the most straightforward and natural in many contexts.

In this sentence, you can tell by the endings:

• La lumigo has no -n, so it is the subject
• la rekviziton has -n, so it is the direct object

English relies more heavily on word order:

• The lighting reveals the prop

Esperanto often relies on grammar endings instead:

• subject: usually no -n
• direct object: -n

That makes the structure easier to see once you get used to it.

Here is the breakdown:

• la = definite article
• lumigo = noun
• malkaŝas = verb, present tense
• la = definite article
• rekviziton = noun in the accusative

A useful Esperanto shortcut is to remember the standard endings:

• -o = noun
• -a = adjective
• -e = adverb
• -i = infinitive verb
• -as / -is / -os / -us / -u = finite verb forms

So just from the endings, you can already read a lot of the grammar.

Yes, rekvizito is used for a prop, especially in stage, film, or performance contexts.

Depending on context, it can also refer more generally to something like equipment, requisite item, or accessory, but prop is a very natural translation in theatrical or visual settings.

As always, context decides the most precise English meaning.

Esperanto stress is very regular: it always falls on the second-to-last syllable.

So:

• la lu-MI-go
• mal-KA-ŝas
• la rek-vi-ZI-ton

A simple pronunciation guide:

• u sounds like oo in food
• i sounds like ee in see
• a sounds like ah
• o sounds like oh
• ŝ sounds like sh

So a rough English-style guide would be:

• la loo-MEE-go mahl-KAH-shahs la rek-vee-ZEE-ton

Because Esperanto verbs do not change according to person or number.

So the present tense is always -as, no matter who or what the subject is:

• mi malkaŝas = I reveal
• vi malkaŝas = you reveal
• li malkaŝas = he reveals
• ili malkaŝas = they reveal
• la lumigo malkaŝas = the lighting reveals

This is much simpler than English, where you have to learn forms like I reveal but he reveals.

Sometimes, but not always without changing the nuance.

• lumo = light
• lumigo = lighting, illumination, the act/process/effect of lighting something up

So:

• La lumo malkaŝas la rekviziton. = The light reveals the prop.
• La lumigo malkaŝas la rekviziton. = The lighting/illumination reveals the prop.

The second one sounds more like stage lighting, planned illumination, or the lighting effect, while lumo is more simply light.