Ĵurnalisto skribas pri la ambasado.

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Breakdown of Ĵurnalisto skribas pri la ambasado.

• pri: about
• skribi: to write
• ambasado: the embassy

Questions & Answers about Ĵurnalisto skribas pri la ambasado.

What does the ending -ist- mean in ĵurnalisto?

The suffix -ist- means a person who works in, practices, or is associated with something.

So:

• ĵurnalo = a journal, newspaper
• ĵurnalisto = a journalist

The final -o is the normal noun ending. So ĵurnalisto is built as:

ĵurnal- + -ist- + -o

How do you pronounce ĵurnalisto?

The letter ĵ is pronounced like the sound in English measure or the s in vision.

So ĵurnalisto sounds roughly like:

zhur-na-LIS-to

A few helpful points:

• ĵ = zh
• stress in Esperanto is always on the second-to-last syllable
• so the stress is on lis

Why does skribas end in -as?

In Esperanto, -as marks the present tense.

So:

• skribas = writes / is writing
• skribis = wrote
• skribos = will write
• skribi = to write

Also, Esperanto verbs do not change according to the subject. So:

• mi skribas = I write
• li skribas = he writes
• ili skribas = they write

The verb form stays the same.