Word
La najbarino, kies filino lernas en nia klaso, alportis ankaŭ kukon.
Meaning
The female neighbor, whose daughter studies in our class, also brought a cake.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of La najbarino, kies filino lernas en nia klaso, alportis ankaŭ kukon.
en
in
nia
our
ankaŭ
also
alporti
to bring
Questions & Answers about La najbarino, kies filino lernas en nia klaso, alportis ankaŭ kukon.
Why does the sentence start with la?
La is the definite article, meaning the. It shows that the speaker has a specific neighbor in mind: the neighbor.
Esperanto has only one article, la. It does not have separate words for a and an.
Why is it najbarino instead of najbaro?
The ending -in- marks female sex. So:
- najbaro = neighbor
- najbarino = female neighbor
A learner will often see this pattern in words for people:
- filo = son
- filino = daughter
- patro = father
- patrino = mother
What does kies mean here?
Kies means whose.
In this sentence, it connects the daughter to la najbarino:
- La najbarino ... alportis ankaŭ kukon = the neighbor also brought cake
- kies filino lernas en nia klaso = whose daughter studies in our class
So kies introduces a relative clause and shows possession at the same time.
Does kies change for gender, number, or case?