Word
La konsulo komprenas la vidpunkton de la petanto.
Meaning
The consul understands the applicant's point of view.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La konsulo komprenas la vidpunkton de la petanto.
la
the
kompreni
to understand
de
of
konsulo
the consul
Questions & Answers about La konsulo komprenas la vidpunkton de la petanto.
Why does vidpunkton end in -n?
The -n marks the direct object of the sentence.
In Esperanto, the thing directly affected by the verb usually takes -n. Here, the verb is komprenas (understands), and the thing being understood is la vidpunkto (the viewpoint), so it becomes la vidpunkton.
- La konsulo = the consul
- komprenas = understands
- la vidpunkton = the viewpoint (as the direct object)
This is called the accusative ending.
Why doesn’t konsulo also have -n?
Because la konsulo is the subject, not the object.
The subject is the person doing the action. In this sentence, the consul is the one who understands, so konsulo stays in its basic noun form:
- konsulo = consul
Only the direct object gets -n here, so:
- la konsulo komprenas = the consul understands
- la vidpunkton = the viewpoint
Why does komprenas end in -as?