Questions & Answers about Ni renovigas la membrecon antaŭ la limdato.
Why is it Ni and not Nin?
Ni is the subject of the sentence: the people doing the action.
- Ni = we
- Nin = us (used when we/us is the object)
So in Ni renovigas la membrecon, we are doing the renewing, so Ni is correct.
Why does membrecon end in -n?
The -n ending marks the direct object in Esperanto.
In this sentence:
- Ni = the subject
- renovigas = the action
- la membrecon = the thing being renewed
So la membrecon gets -n because it is the object of the verb.
Compare:
- Ni renovigas la membrecon. = We renew the membership.
- La membreco renoviĝas. = The membership renews / is renewed.
Here membreco would not take -n, because it would be the subject.
What does renovigas mean, and why is there an -ig- in it?
The verb comes from the idea of making something new again.
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