Questions & Answers about La disko estas en bona stato.
Why is it la disko and not just disko?
La is the definite article, meaning the. So la disko means the disk / the record / the disc.
Esperanto has only one article: la. It does not change for gender, number, or case. Unlike English, Esperanto has no separate word for a/an, so disko by itself would mean a disk or simply disk, depending on context.
What does disko mean exactly?
Disko is the noun meaning disk, disc, or sometimes record, depending on context.
The ending -o shows that it is a noun. Many Esperanto nouns end in -o:
- libro = book
- hundo = dog
- disko = disk/disc
Why is the verb estas used here?
Estas is the present tense of esti, which means to be.
So:
- mi estas = I am
- ĝi estas = it is
- la disko estas = the disk is
Esperanto verbs do not change depending on the subject, so estas is used with I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.
Why doesn’t estas change to match ?