Example.—Mi ne vidis ĉiujn arbojn en la ĝardeno = I did not see all the trees in the garden.
(c). It is not used after da (see par. [259]).
N.B.—From the foregoing remarks it will be seen that the English student will have no difficulty in the use of the article, if he be careful to use it with words defining a class or the totality of persons or things. He will get a good idea of its use if he will carefully study the first few exercises in the "Ekzercaro," or Exercises 1 to 4 in [Part III].
In case of doubt whether the article should be used or not, it is better to omit it.
102. Elision.—The final A of the article may be omitted in certain cases (see par. [56] and Rule 16, par. [94]).
THE NOUN (La Substantivo).
103. A noun (in the singular number) in all its cases, except the accusative, ends in -O. The accusative is formed by the addition of N. In the plural it ends in -OJ, and the accusative plural is formed by adding N to these letters. Thus the root arb- is made into a noun with its numbers and cases as follows:—
- Arb-o = a tree (nominative, singular).
- Arb-on = a tree (accusative, singular).
- Arb-oj = trees (nominative, plural).
- Arb-ojn = trees (accusative, plural).
Examples.—Domo = A house. La domo = The house. La domoj = The houses. Rigardu la domojn = Look at the houses. Knabo = A boy. La knabo = The boy. Mi vidis la knabon = I saw the boy. Knabino = A girl. La knabino = The girl.