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bela, beautiful. flava, yellow. |
granda, large. forta, strong. |
ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES.
13. An adjective is said to modify a noun whose quality it expresses. When directly preceding or following its noun, it is called an attributive adjective:
la granda ĉevalo, the large horse.
bela birdo, a beautiful bird.
floro flava, a yellow flower.
forta knabo, a strong boy.
PRESENT TENSE OF THE VERB.
14. Words which express action or condition are called verbs. When representing an act or condition as a fact, and dealing with the present time, they are said to be in the present tense. The ending of all Esperanto verbs in the present tense is -as:
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kuras, runs, is running. flugas, flies, is flying. |
brilas, shines, is shining. dormas, sleeps, is sleeping. |
15. The person or thing whose action or condition the verb expresses is called the subject of the verb:
La suno brilas, the sun shines (is shining), subject: suno.
Knabo kuras, a boy runs (is running), subject: knabo.
Vocabulary.
(To be memorized in this and in all following lessons.)