Word
La lumigo malkaŝas la rekviziton.
Meaning
The lighting reveals the prop.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La lumigo malkaŝas la rekviziton.
la
the
malkaŝi
to reveal; disclose
lumigo
the stage lighting
rekvizito
the stage prop
Questions & Answers about La lumigo malkaŝas la rekviziton.
Why does the sentence start with la?
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.
What does lumigo mean exactly, and how is it built?
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.
Why is the verb malkaŝas ending in -as?