Word
La terapiisto komencas fizioterapion.
Meaning
The therapist begins physiotherapy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La terapiisto komencas fizioterapion.
la
the
komenci
to begin
fizioterapio
physiotherapy
terapiisto
the therapist
Questions & Answers about La terapiisto komencas fizioterapion.
Why is terapiisto the subject of the sentence?
Because terapiisto has the noun ending -o and does not have the accusative ending -n, so it is the subject: the person doing the action.
In this sentence:
- La terapiisto = the therapist
- komencas = starts / begins
- fizioterapion = physiotherapy
So the therapist is the one who starts something.
Why does fizioterapion end in -n?
The -n is the accusative ending. In Esperanto, this usually marks the direct object, meaning the thing directly affected by the verb.
Here, fizioterapion is what the therapist starts, so it gets -n:
- fizioterapio = physiotherapy
- fizioterapion = physiotherapy as the direct object
This is one of the most important patterns in Esperanto.
Why is it komencas and not komenci or komencis?