Breakdown of Ni pasas preter la biblioteko, kaj poste ni vidas vendejon kontraŭ la muzeo.
Questions & Answers about Ni pasas preter la biblioteko, kaj poste ni vidas vendejon kontraŭ la muzeo.
Because vendejon is the direct object of vidas.
- ni vidas vendejon = we see a shop
- The thing being seen gets the accusative ending -n
But:
- preter la biblioteko is a prepositional phrase
- kontraŭ la muzeo is also a prepositional phrase
After normal prepositions in Esperanto, nouns usually do not take -n unless there is a special motion-toward meaning. Here, la biblioteko and la muzeo are simply objects of the prepositions preter and kontraŭ, so they stay without -n.
Preter means past, by, or alongside and beyond.
So Ni pasas preter la biblioteko means something like:
- We pass by the library
- We go past the library
It is a very common preposition when talking about moving past a place.