Ĉiu persono ricevas unu semon.

to receive

Breakdown of Ĉiu persono ricevas unu semon.

• unu: one
• ĉiu: each
• semo: the seed

Questions & Answers about Ĉiu persono ricevas unu semon.

What does each word in Ĉiu persono ricevas unu semon mean?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• Ĉiu = each / every
• persono = person
• ricevas = receives / gets
• unu = one
• semon = seed as the direct object

So the structure is basically:

Each person receives one seed.

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Why is semon written with -n at the end?

The -n marks the direct object in Esperanto.

Here, the thing being received is the seed, so semo becomes semon.

• semo = seed
• semon = seed as the object of the verb

This is very common in Esperanto:

• La knabo vidas hundon. = The boy sees a dog.
• Mi havas libron. = I have a book.

In your sentence, unu semon is the thing each person receives, so it gets -n.

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Why does ricevas end in -as?