Mi portas novan veston hodiaŭ.

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Breakdown of Mi portas novan veston hodiaŭ.

• nova: new
• hodiaŭ: today
• porti: to wear

Questions & Answers about Mi portas novan veston hodiaŭ.

Why is portas used here? Doesn’t it usually mean carry?

Yes—porti can mean both to carry and to wear in Esperanto.

The basic idea is to bear / to have on oneself, so the exact meaning depends on context:

• Mi portas sakon. = I am carrying a bag.
• Mi portas ĉapelon. = I am wearing a hat.

In Mi portas novan veston hodiaŭ, because the object is clothing, portas is understood as am wearing / wear.

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Why do novan and veston both end in -n?

Because veston is the direct object, and in Esperanto direct objects take -n.

Since novan describes veston, the adjective has to agree with the noun. That means it also takes -n.

So:

• vesto = a garment
• veston = a garment (as direct object)
• nova vesto = a new garment
• novan veston = a new garment (as direct object)

This matching is a very important Esperanto rule:

• adjectives agree with nouns in number
• adjectives agree with nouns in case

So if the noun gets -n, the adjective gets -n too.

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