La lasta sceno estas kortuŝa.

La is the definite article in Esperanto, meaning the. It does not change for gender, number, or case.

So la lasta sceno means the last scene, referring to a specific scene rather than just a last scene in a general sense.

In Esperanto, adjectives end in -a.

So lasta is an adjective meaning last or final. It describes the noun sceno.

Because it is an adjective, it must have the adjective ending -a.

In Esperanto, nouns end in -o.

So sceno is a noun meaning scene. The -o tells you immediately that it is a noun.

This is one of the most useful regular features of Esperanto:

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

Estas is the present-tense form of esti, meaning to be.

Esperanto verbs do not change depending on the subject. That means:

• mi estas = I am
• vi estas = you are
• li estas = he is
• ŝi estas = she is
• ĝi estas = it is
• ili estas = they are

So estas is always the present tense, no matter who or what the subject is.

Because kortuŝa is an adjective too. It describes sceno.

In Esperanto, adjectives used after esti still keep the adjective ending:

• La sceno estas kortuŝa. = The scene is moving.

This is similar to English The scene is moving, where moving describes the scene.

Yes. In Esperanto, adjectives agree with the nouns they describe in number and case.

Here:

• sceno is singular
• it is not accusative
• so the adjective stays singular and non-accusative too: kortuŝa

If the noun were plural, the adjective would also be plural:

• La lastaj scenoj estas kortuŝaj. = The last scenes are moving.

There is no direct object in this sentence.

La lasta sceno is the subject, and kortuŝa is a predicate adjective after estas. After esti, you normally do not use -n on the descriptive word.

So:

• La lasta sceno = subject
• estas = verb
• kortuŝa = description of the subject

No accusative is needed here.

Usually lasta means last in the sense of final in a sequence.

So in La lasta sceno, the most natural meaning is the final scene.

In some contexts, English last can mean most recent, and Esperanto lasta can sometimes work that way too, but here final scene is the obvious reading.

It can be understood as a compound idea.

Kortuŝa comes from:

• kor- = heart
• tuŝ- = touch
• -a = adjective ending

So the literal idea is something like heart-touching. In natural English, that usually becomes moving, touching, or heartfelt, depending on context.

This is very typical of Esperanto: many words are built from clear parts.

Yes, Esperanto word order is fairly flexible, but the normal order here is the clearest:

• La lasta sceno estas kortuŝa.

You could change the order for emphasis, for example:

• Kortuŝa estas la lasta sceno.

That is grammatical, but it sounds more marked or literary. For everyday use, the original order is best.

It is pronounced roughly kor-TOO-sha, with the stress on the second-to-last syllable: tu.

A few helpful points:

• ŝ sounds like English sh
• Esperanto stress is almost always on the penultimate syllable

So:

• ko-rtu-ŝa
• stress on tu

Esperanto uses:

• la for the
• no article at all for a/an in most ordinary sentences

And estas simply means is/are/am, depending on context.

So Esperanto does not need anything extra here. The structure is very compact:

• La = the
• lasta sceno = last scene
• estas = is
• kortuŝa = moving/touching

That regularity is one reason Esperanto grammar feels simpler than English in many places.