La provludo okazos, eĉ se la sufloro ne venos.

The rehearsal will take place even if the prompter does not come.

Breakdown of La provludo okazos, eĉ se la sufloro ne venos.

• la: the
• veni: to come
• se: if
• ne: not

Questions & Answers about La provludo okazos, eĉ se la sufloro ne venos.

Why is okazos used here, and what does -os mean?

Okazos is the future-tense form of okazi, which means to happen or to take place.

• okazi = to happen / to take place
• okazas = happens / is happening
• okazos = will happen / will take place

So La provludo okazos means The rehearsal will take place.

In Esperanto, -os always marks the future tense.

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What does provludo mean literally?

Provludo is a compound word:

• prov- = test / trial / rehearsal-related idea
• ludo = play, performance, or act of playing

So provludo literally suggests something like trial performance or practice play, and in context it means rehearsal.

Esperanto often builds words this way, so learning to spot the parts can help a lot.

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What does eĉ se mean, and why not just se?