Questions & Answers about La tajloro prenas mezuron.
Why does tajloro end in -o?
In Esperanto, -o is the normal ending for a noun.
So:
- tajloro = tailor
- mezuro = measurement
This makes it easy to recognize parts of speech. If you see -o, you can usually assume the word is a noun.
Why is it mezuron with -n, but tajloro has no -n?
The -n marks the direct object.
In this sentence:
- La tajloro = the tailor → the one doing the action
- prenas = takes
- mezuron = a measurement / the measurement → the thing being taken
So mezuron gets -n because it is the object of prenas.
A very literal breakdown is:
- La tajloro = the tailor
- prenas = takes
- mezuron = measurement-OBJECT
Why is there la before tajloro?
La is the definite article, meaning the.
So la tajloro means the tailor.
Esperanto has only one definite article: la.
It does not change for gender, number, or case.
Also, Esperanto has no indefinite article. So:
- tajloro = a tailor / tailor
- la tajloro = the tailor