La teksaĵo enhavas kotonon kaj lanon.

La is the definite article, meaning the. Esperanto has just one article, la, and it never changes.

So la teksaĵo means the textile/fabric — a specific one, not just fabric in general.

Teksaĵo can be broken down like this:

• teks- = a root connected with weaving or textiles
• -aĵ- = a concrete thing or product
• -o = noun ending

So teksaĵo literally means something like a woven thing or a textile item, which is why it can mean fabric, textile, or similar material depending on context.

Enhavas is the present-tense form of enhavi, meaning to contain.

• en- = in
• havi = to have
• enhavi = to contain or literally to have in
• -as = present tense

So enhavas means contains.

Also, Esperanto verbs do not change for person:

• mi enhavas
• vi enhavas
• ĝi enhavas
• ili enhavas

The form stays enhavas every time.

They take -n because they are direct objects.

In this sentence, the fabric is doing the action of containing, and cotton and wool are the things being contained. In Esperanto, direct objects usually get the accusative ending -n.

So:

• la teksaĵo = the subject
• kotonon = direct object
• lanon = direct object

That is why you see kotonon kaj lanon.

Normally, both need it:

• kotonon kaj lanon

Each noun is separately a direct object, so each one keeps its own grammatical ending.

This is very normal in Esperanto. The -n does not automatically spread from one noun to the next; you usually show it on each word that needs it.

Because here they are being used as materials or substances, not as countable individual items.

This works a lot like English mass nouns:

• cotton
• wool

You normally do not count them as separate units in this kind of sentence, so singular is natural.

Because the sentence is talking about cotton and wool in a general material sense, not specific cotton or specific wool already identified in the conversation.

So:

• kotonon = cotton
• lanon = wool

If you meant particular cotton or wool already known from context, then la could appear, but in a sentence about what a fabric is made of, leaving out la is the normal choice.

It is pronounced roughly tek-SA-zho.

A few useful points:

• Stress in Esperanto is always on the second-to-last syllable, so the stress is on SA
• ĵ sounds like the s in measure or the g in genre

So teksaĵo sounds approximately like tek-SA-zho.

The normal word order is the one you see:

• La teksaĵo enhavas kotonon kaj lanon.

That is the clearest and most natural order for most situations.

Because Esperanto marks direct objects with -n, other word orders are possible, but they are less neutral and may sound more emphatic. For a learner, the given order is the safest one to use.