Breakdown of La paciento bezonas specialan ekzercon.
la
the
bezoni
to need
ekzerco
the exercise
paciento
the patient
Questions & Answers about La paciento bezonas specialan ekzercon.
Why does paciento end in -o?
In Esperanto, -o marks a noun. So paciento means patient as a noun.
A few basic endings:
- -o = noun
- -a = adjective
- -e = adverb
- -i = infinitive verb
- -as = present tense verb
So in this sentence:
- paciento = patient
- speciala → specialan = special
- bezonas = needs
Why is there la at the beginning?
La is the Esperanto word for the.
So la paciento means the patient.
Unlike English, Esperanto has only one definite article: la. It does not change for gender, number, or case.
Examples:
- la paciento = the patient
- la pacientoj = the patients
- la speciala ekzerco = the special exercise
There is no indefinite article in Esperanto, so Esperanto does not have a separate word for a/an.
Why does bezonas end in -as?