Pasporto eksvalidiĝos post la vizo.

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Breakdown of Pasporto eksvalidiĝos post la vizo.

• post: after
• pasporto: the passport
• eksvalidiĝi: to expire

Questions & Answers about Pasporto eksvalidiĝos post la vizo.

What does eksvalidiĝos mean, and how is it built?

It means will expire or will become no longer valid.

A useful way to see it is:

• valid- = valid
• -iĝ- = become, get into a state
• -os = future tense

So validiĝos would be will become valid, and eksvalidiĝos adds the idea that the validity ends, so the whole word means will expire / will cease to be valid.

Esperanto often packs a whole English phrase into one word like this.

Why is there -iĝ- in eksvalidiĝos?

The suffix -iĝ- shows that the subject undergoes a change of state.

So:

• eksvalidiĝi = to expire, to become invalid
• eksvalidigi = to make something expire, to invalidate something

In this sentence, the passport itself is the thing that changes status, so -iĝ- is the natural choice.

How do I know the sentence is talking about the future?

Because the verb ends in -os, which is the Esperanto future tense.

Some basic tense endings are:

• -as = present
• -is = past
• -os = future

So eksvalidiĝos means will expire, not expires or expired.

Why is there no word for a before ?