Breakdown of La instruistino laŭdis ŝin pro la klara respondo.
pro
for (because of)
la
the
ŝin
her
instruistino
the teacher
Questions & Answers about La instruistino laŭdis ŝin pro la klara respondo.
Why does instruistino end in -ino?
The ending -ino is the standard Esperanto suffix for female.
So:
- instruisto = teacher
- instruistino = female teacher
A native English speaker may notice that English usually just says teacher, without marking gender. Esperanto can do that too in some contexts, but -ino explicitly tells you the teacher is female.
What does la mean here, and why is it used twice?
La is the Esperanto definite article, meaning the.
In this sentence it appears in:
- La instruistino = the teacher
- la klara respondo = the clear answer
Esperanto uses la much like English uses the. It does not change for gender, number, or case.
Also, Esperanto has no indefinite article. So:
- instruistino can mean a teacher
- la instruistino means the teacher
Why is it laŭdis? What does the -is ending mean?