Breakdown of La fremda pasporto havas biometrian foton.
havi
to have
la
the
foto
the photo
pasporto
the passport
Questions & Answers about La fremda pasporto havas biometrian foton.
Why does foton end with -n?
Because foton is the direct object of the verb havas (has).
In Esperanto, the thing directly affected by the verb usually gets the ending -n. So:
- La fremda pasporto havas foton. = The foreign passport has a photo.
Here, the passport is the subject, and the photo is what it has, so foto becomes foton.
Why is it biometrian and not just biometria?
Because adjectives in Esperanto must agree with the nouns they describe.
Since foton has -n, the adjective describing it must also have -n:
- biometria foto = a biometric photo
- biometrian foton = a biometric photo (as a direct object)
So both words match:
- biometria → adjective
- foton → direct object
- therefore: biometrian foton
What does each word mean individually?
Here is the word-by-word breakdown:
- La = the
- fremda = foreign
- pasporto = passport
- havas = has
- biometrian = biometric
- foton = photo
So the structure is very close to English: The foreign passport has a biometric photo.