Word
La tajloro kudras manikon.
Meaning
The tailor is sewing a sleeve.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about La tajloro kudras manikon.
Why does manikon end in -n?
The -n ending marks the direct object in Esperanto. That means manikon is the thing being sewn.
- La tajloro = the tailor
- kudras = sews / is sewing
- manikon = a sleeve, marked as the object
So the sentence means that the tailor is doing the action, and the sleeve is receiving the action.
If you removed the -n, the sentence would be ungrammatical in normal Esperanto.
Why doesn’t tajloro also have an -n ending?
Because tajloro is the subject of the sentence, not the object. In Esperanto, the subject normally has no special ending, while the direct object gets -n.
So here:
- La tajloro = the one who sews
- manikon = the thing being sewn
That is one of the most important patterns in Esperanto.
What does the verb ending -as in kudras mean?