Questions & Answers about Post la duŝo mi brosas miajn harojn.
Why is harojn plural when English often says hair?
In Esperanto, haro means one hair, and haroj means hair in the everyday sense of the hairs on your head. So mi brosas miajn harojn is the normal way to say I brush my hair.
If you want a more collective word, Esperanto also has hararo, meaning a head of hair or someone’s hair as a whole.
Why do both miajn and harojn end in -n?
Because miajn harojn is the direct object of brosas. In Esperanto, direct objects take -n.
Also, words that describe a noun must agree with it. So:
- haroj = hairs / hair
- harojn = hairs / hair as a direct object
- miaj haroj = my hair
- miajn harojn = my hair as a direct object
So the -n appears on both the possessive adjective and the noun.
Why is it miajn, not just miaj?
Because miaj would only be plural, not accusative. Here you need both plural and direct-object marking:
- miaj = my
- miajn = my, plural + direct object