Word
La aĉetanto kontrolas la staton de la tekruĉo.
Meaning
The buyer checks the condition of the teapot.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La aĉetanto kontrolas la staton de la tekruĉo.
la
the
de
of
kontroli
to check
aĉetanto
the buyer
Questions & Answers about La aĉetanto kontrolas la staton de la tekruĉo.
Why does staton end in -n?
The -n ending marks the direct object in Esperanto.
In this sentence, the thing being checked is the condition/state, so la stato becomes la staton.
- kontrolas = checks
- la staton = the condition/state
A very common learner question is why tekruĉo does not get -n too. That is because tekruĉo is inside a de phrase: de la tekruĉo = of the teapot. The direct object is the whole noun phrase la staton de la tekruĉo.
Why is it de la tekruĉo and not la tekruĉon?
Because de means of, and after a preposition like de, nouns normally do not take the accusative -n.
So:
- la staton = the object being checked
- de la tekruĉo = of the teapot, telling us whose condition it is
Esperanto often uses de where English uses of or an apostrophe:
- la kovrilo de la poto = the lid of the pot
- la koloro de la muro = the color of the wall
What does aĉetanto mean grammatically? Is it built from smaller parts?