Questions & Answers about La tinkturo estas por la lano.
Why does tinkturo end in -o?
In Esperanto, nouns normally end in -o. So tinkturo is a noun meaning dye or tincture.
You can often spot the part of speech right away from the ending:
- -o = noun
- -a = adjective
- -e = adverb
- -i = infinitive verb
So tinkturo is clearly a noun because of -o.
Why is there la before both tinkturo and lano?
La is the definite article in Esperanto, meaning the.
So:
- la tinkturo = the dye
- la lano = the wool
Unlike English, Esperanto has only one article, la. It does not change for singular/plural, gender, or case.
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