Li metas la negativon apud la diapozitivon.

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Breakdown of Li metas la negativon apud la diapozitivon.

• la: the
• meti: to put
• apud: next to

Questions & Answers about Li metas la negativon apud la diapozitivon.

Why does negativon end in -n?

The -n marks the direct object.

In this sentence, li is the subject and metas is the verb, so the thing being placed is the direct object: la negativon.

A quick breakdown:

• li = subject
• metas = verb
• la negativon = direct object

In Esperanto, direct objects usually take -n.

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Why does diapozitivon also have -n, even though it comes after apud?

This is a very common question, because prepositions normally do not require -n.

Here, the -n after apud shows direction or movement toward a position, not just a fixed location.

So:

• apud la diapozitivo = beside the slide, in a static sense
• apud la diapozitivon = to a position beside the slide

Since metas involves placing something somewhere, Esperanto can use apud + -n to show that movement toward that location.

So the sentence is not just saying where something is; it is saying where the negative is being moved/placed.

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What does apud mean exactly?