Word
La ĵurnalisto petas kontakton kun la konsulo.
Meaning
The journalist asks for contact with the consul.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La ĵurnalisto petas kontakton kun la konsulo.
la
the
kun
with
peti
to ask for
konsulo
the consul
Questions & Answers about La ĵurnalisto petas kontakton kun la konsulo.
Why do ĵurnalisto, kontakto, and konsulo all end in -o?
In Esperanto, nouns normally end in -o. So:
- ĵurnalisto = journalist
- kontakto = contact
- konsulo = consul
This makes parts of speech very easy to recognize. If you see -o, it is usually a noun.
Why is it kontakton with -n, but la konsulo does not have -n?
The -n ending marks the direct object of the verb.
Here, the verb is petas = asks for / requests.
What is being requested? kontakton. So it takes -n.
- La ĵurnalisto petas kontakton.
The journalist requests contact.
But la konsulo comes after the preposition kun = with:
- kun la konsulo = with the consul
After a preposition like kun, you normally do not use -n. So:
- kontakton = direct object
- kun la konsulo = prepositional phrase, not direct object
What does petas mean grammatically?