La aktoro parolas trankvile.

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Breakdown of La aktoro parolas trankvile.

• paroli: to speak
• trankvile: calmly
• aktoro: the actor; performer

Questions & Answers about La aktoro parolas trankvile.

Why is it la aktoro and not just aktoro?

La is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• la aktoro = the actor
• aktoro = an actor / actor depending on context

Esperanto has only one article, la, and it does not change for gender, number, or case.

What does the ending -o in aktoro mean?

The ending -o marks a noun in Esperanto.

So aktoro is a noun meaning actor.

This is a very common Esperanto pattern:

• -o = noun
• -a = adjective
• -e = adverb
• -i = infinitive verb

Because of this, Esperanto words are often easy to identify by their endings.

Why does parolas end in -as?