Breakdown of Ŝi bezonas novan foton pro tio, ke la pasportfoto estas malnova.
esti
to be
la
the
nova
new
bezoni
to need
Questions & Answers about Ŝi bezonas novan foton pro tio, ke la pasportfoto estas malnova.
Why do novan and foton both end in -n?
Because novan foton is the direct object of bezonas (needs).
In Esperanto, the direct object usually takes -n. Any adjective describing that noun must match it, so it also gets -n.
- foto = a photo
- foton = a photo (as a direct object)
- nova foto = a new photo
- novan foton = a new photo (as a direct object)
So:
- Ŝi bezonas foton = She needs a photo.
- Ŝi bezonas novan foton = She needs a new photo.
Why is bezonas spelled with -as at the end?
In Esperanto, -as marks the present tense.
So:
- bezonas = needs / is needing
- bezonis = needed
- bezonos = will need
- bezoni = to need
The verb is bezoni (to need), and here it becomes bezonas because the sentence is talking about a present situation.
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