Word
La skizo montras ĉiun objekton.
Meaning
The sketch shows every object.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about La skizo montras ĉiun objekton.
What does la mean here, and does it ever change form?
La is the definite article, equivalent to English the.
A very useful point for learners: la never changes. It does not have different forms for:
- singular vs. plural
- subject vs. object
- masculine vs. feminine
So you always use la exactly as it is.
Why does montras end in -as?
In Esperanto, -as marks the present tense.
So montras means shows / is showing.
Some useful tense endings are:
- -as = present
- -is = past
- -os = future
- -us = conditional
- -u = command / jussive
- -i = infinitive
Also, Esperanto verbs do not change depending on the subject. So:
- mi montras
- vi montras
- li montras
- ili montras
all use the same verb form montras.
Why is skizo written without -n, but objekton has -n?