Mi preferas tiun ĝenron.

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Breakdown of Mi preferas tiun ĝenron.

• preferi: to prefer
• tiu: that
• ĝenro: the genre

Questions & Answers about Mi preferas tiun ĝenron.

Why is the verb preferas ending in -as?

In Esperanto, -as marks the present tense.

So:

• preferi = to prefer
• preferas = prefer / am preferring
• preferis = preferred
• preferos = will prefer

A very useful rule is that Esperanto verbs do not change according to the subject:

• mi preferas = I prefer
• vi preferas = you prefer
• li preferas = he prefers

That makes verb conjugation much simpler than in English.

Why is it tiun and not tiu?

Because tiun is the direct object of the verb, so it takes the accusative ending -n.

Here, the thing being preferred is that genre, so Esperanto marks it with -n:

• tiu ĝenro = that genre
• tiun ĝenron = that genre (as a direct object)

In this sentence, tiun goes with ĝenron, and both show the object function.

Why does ĝenron also end in -n?

For the same reason: it is part of the direct object.

Esperanto often marks the direct object with . Since and belong together, they both show that relationship: