La veron konfesinta knabino ne plu hontas.

The girl who has confessed the truth is no longer ashamed.

Breakdown of La veron konfesinta knabino ne plu hontas.

• ne plu: no longer
• knabino: the girl
• vero: the truth
• honti: to be ashamed

Questions & Answers about La veron konfesinta knabino ne plu hontas.

What is the main structure of this sentence?

The sentence has two main parts:

• La veron konfesinta knabino = the subject
• ne plu hontas = the predicate

So the whole subject is not just knabino. The participial phrase veron konfesinta is attached to knabino and tells you which girl we mean.

What kind of word is konfesinta?

Konfesinta is a participle used like an adjective.

It comes from:

• konfesi = to confess
• -int- = active past participle
• -a = adjective ending

So konfesinta means something like having confessed or who confessed.

Because it is adjective-like, it modifies knabino.

Why does konfesinta end in -a?

It ends in -a because it is functioning as an adjective that describes knabino.

In Esperanto, participles can behave like adjectives, nouns, or adverbs:

• konfesinta = adjectival
• konfesinto = a confessor / one who confessed
• konfesinte = having confessed

Here we need the adjectival form because it describes the girl.