La terapiisto kontrolas la tendenon kaj la ligamenton.

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Breakdown of La terapiisto kontrolas la tendenon kaj la ligamenton.

• kaj: and
• kontroli: to check
• terapiisto: the therapist

Questions & Answers about La terapiisto kontrolas la tendenon kaj la ligamenton.

Why do tendenon and ligamenton end in -n?

The -n ending marks the direct object in Esperanto. It shows which thing is being acted on.

Here, kontrolas means checks/examines, so the things being checked are:

• la tendenon = the tendon
• la ligamenton = the ligament

This is called the accusative ending.

Without -n, those words would just be:

• la tendeno = the tendon
• la ligamento = the ligament

Because they are the objects of the verb, they become tendenon and ligamenton.

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Why is la used twice: la tendenon kaj la ligamenton?

Esperanto often repeats la before each noun in a list when each noun is separately definite.

So:

• la tendenon kaj la ligamenton = the tendon and the ligament

This is very natural Esperanto. You may also sometimes see one article covering both nouns in other contexts, but repeating la is clear and common.

For a learner, it is usually safest to repeat la before each noun if both are definite.

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