Breakdown of Kia boato estas pli sekura por infanoj: granda aŭ malgranda?
esti
to be
granda
big
por
for
infano
the child
Questions & Answers about Kia boato estas pli sekura por infanoj: granda aŭ malgranda?
Why does the sentence start with kia instead of kio?
Kia asks about the kind or type of something, while kio asks what something is in a more general sense.
So:
- Kia boato...? = What kind of boat...?
- Kio estas boato? = What is a boat?
In this sentence, the speaker is asking which type of boat is safer for children, so kia is the right choice.
Why is it boato?
In Esperanto, nouns end in -o. So:
- boato = boat
The root here is boat-, and the noun ending is -o.
Why is it sekura and not sekure?
Sekura is an adjective, meaning safe/secure. It describes boato.
- sekura = safe
- sekure = safely
In the sentence, we need an adjective because we are describing the boat:
- boato estas sekura = the boat is safe
If you said sekure, that would be an adverb and would describe how something is done, not what the boat is like.
Why is it pli sekura?