Questions & Answers about La muzeo montras malnovan armilon.
Why is there la at the beginning?
La is the Esperanto definite article, meaning the.
So la muzeo = the museum.
A useful thing to know is that Esperanto has:
- la for the
- no separate word for a/an
So:
- muzeo = a museum or just museum
- la muzeo = the museum
Unlike English, la does not change:
- not for gender
- not for number
- not for case
It is always just la.
Why does muzeo end in -o?
In Esperanto, nouns normally end in -o.
So:
- muzeo = museum
- armilo = weapon
This makes it easy to recognize parts of speech:
- -o = noun
- -a = adjective
- -e = adverb
- -i = infinitive verb
- -as = present tense verb
In this sentence, muzeo is a noun because of the -o ending.
Why does montras end in -as?