La reprezentanto parolas kun la entreprenisto.

Because both nouns are specific: la reprezentanto and la entreprenisto.

In Esperanto, la means the, and it does not change for gender, number, or case. If you are talking about a specific representative and a specific entrepreneur, you use la before both nouns.

So:

• la reprezentanto = the representative
• la entreprenisto = the entrepreneur / businessperson

The ending -o marks a noun in Esperanto.

So:

• reprezentanto is a noun
• entreprenisto is a noun

This is one of the most important patterns in Esperanto:

• -o = noun
• -a = adjective
• -e = adverb
• -i = infinitive verb
• -as = present tense verb

Because parolas is the present tense form, meaning speaks / is speaking / talks.

In Esperanto:

• paroli = to speak
• parolas = speaks / is speaking

The ending -as always marks the present tense, no matter who the subject is.

Examples:

• mi parolas = I speak
• vi parolas = you speak
• li parolas = he speaks
• ili parolas = they speak

Unlike English, the verb does not change depending on the person.

Kun means with.

So parolas kun la entreprenisto means speaks with the entrepreneur.

It is used because the sentence describes speaking together with or in the company of another person. This is a very common preposition in Esperanto.

Examples:

• Mi venas kun ŝi. = I am coming with her.
• Li laboras kun amikoj. = He works with friends.

Because there is no direct object here.

The sentence has:

• a subject: la reprezentanto
• a verb: parolas
• a prepositional phrase: kun la entreprenisto

The word entreprenisto comes after the preposition kun, so it does not take -n here.

You would use -n mainly for a direct object, for example:

• La reprezentanto vidas la entrepreniston. = The representative sees the entrepreneur.

There, la entrepreniston gets -n because it is the direct object of vidas.

They use two different common suffixes:

• -ant- in reprezentanto
• -ist- in entreprenisto

reprezentanto

This comes from a verb idea, reprezenti = to represent.
The suffix -ant- means someone doing the action.

So reprezentanto is literally something like a person who is representing or a representative.

entreprenisto

This uses -ist-, which often means a person associated with a profession, activity, or ideology.

So entreprenisto means entrepreneur, businessperson, or someone engaged in enterprise.

These suffixes are very useful in Esperanto vocabulary.

Yes, Esperanto word order is fairly flexible, so that version is grammatically possible.

The usual neutral order is:

• La reprezentanto parolas kun la entreprenisto.

A rearranged version like:

• Kun la entreprenisto parolas la reprezentanto.

can be used for emphasis or style, but it sounds less neutral.

Because Esperanto has clear grammatical endings, word order is often freer than in English. Still, learners should usually start with the basic subject–verb–other elements order unless they have a reason to emphasize something.

Esperanto pronunciation is very regular.

A rough English-friendly breakdown:

• reprezentanto → reh-preh-zehn-TAHN-toh
• entreprenisto → ehn-treh-preh-NEES-toh

A few helpful points:

• stress is always on the second-to-last syllable
• o is always like o in for or a pure oh sound, depending on accent
• e is a clear eh
• a is a clear ah

So:

• re-pre-zen-TAN-to
• en-tre-pre-NIS-to

Yes.

Esperanto present tense -as does not force the same distinction that English often makes between:

• speaks / talks
• is speaking / is talking

So La reprezentanto parolas kun la entreprenisto could mean:

• The representative speaks with the entrepreneur.
• The representative is speaking with the entrepreneur.

The exact meaning depends on context.

No, not in these words.

• reprezentanto does not say whether the representative is male or female.
• entreprenisto does not say whether the entrepreneur is male or female.

These are gender-neutral by default. If gender needs to be made explicit, Esperanto has ways to do that, but in ordinary usage the basic forms are neutral.

That is one reason Esperanto often feels simpler than languages where many job titles or roles are gender-marked.