Li montras la pojnon kaj la genuon.

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Breakdown of Li montras la pojnon kaj la genuon.

• la: the
• kaj: and
• montri: to show

Questions & Answers about Li montras la pojnon kaj la genuon.

Why do pojnon and genuon end in -n?

Because they are the direct objects of montras.

In Esperanto, the thing directly affected by the verb usually takes the accusative ending -n. Here, the person is showing the wrist and the knee, so both nouns get -n:

• pojno → pojnon
• genuo → genuon

The word kaj does not change anything about the case, so both nouns stay in the accusative.

Why do those words have both -o and -n at the end?

Each ending has its own job:

• -o = noun
• -n = accusative, usually for a direct object

So genuon breaks down like this:

• genu- = the root
• -o = noun
• -n = direct object

The same pattern appears all the time in Esperanto. It is very regular.

What does the -as in montras mean?