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Learning the Esperanto Articles is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Esperanto language. But first we need to know what the role of Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Esperanto.
Esperanto articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an".
Definite Article:
As in English, which has only one definite article: “the,” Esperanto has one definite article: “la.”
La libro (the book)
La domo (the house)
La domoj (the houses)
Indefinite Article:
While we have (a / an/ some) in English as indefinite articles, we do not have indefinite articles in Esperanto. We infer the presence of the indefinite, but do not express it. It is deduced from context.
Whenever an indefinite article is used in English, you use the noun alone to make the equivalent meaning in Esperanto.
Mi vidas libron. (I see a book)
Ili konstruis domojn (They built houses or They built some houses)
Li verkis librojn (He wrote some books)
Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Esperanto Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | artikoloj |
| the | la |
| a | |
| one | unu |
| some | iuj |
| few | malmultaj |
| the book | la libro |
| the books | la libroj |
| a book | libro |
| one book | unu libro |
| some books | iuj libroj |
| few books | malmultaj libroj |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Articles in Esperanto has a logical pattern. Locate the Articles above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Esperanto.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Esperanto. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Esperanto vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Esperanto Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | manĝaĵo |
| almonds | amandoj, migdaloj |
| bread | pano |
| breakfast | matenmanĝo |
| butter | butero |
| candy | sukeraĵo, dolĉaĵo |
| cheese | fromaĝo |
| chicken | kokaĵo |
| cumin | kumino |
| dessert | postmanĝo, deserto |
| dinner | ĉefmanĝo, tagmanĝo |
| fish | fiŝaĵo |
| fruit | frukto |
| ice cream | glaciaĵo |
| lamb | ŝafidaĵo |
| lemon | citrono, limono |
| lunch | lunĉo, meztagmanĝo |
| meal | manĝo |
| meat | viando |
| oven | bakforno |
| pepper | pipro |
| plants | plantoj |
| pork | porkaĵo |
| salad | salato |
| salt | salo |
| sandwich | sandviĉo |
| sausage | kolbaso |
| soup | supo |
| sugar | sukero |
| supper | vespermanĝo |
| turkey | meleagraĵo |
| apple | pomo |
| banana | banano |
| oranges | oranĝoj |
| peaches | persikoj |
| peanut | arakido |
| pears | piroj |
| pineapple | ananaso |
| grapes | vinberoj |
| strawberries | fragoj |
| vegetables | legomoj |
| carrot | karoto |
| corn | maizo |
| cucumber | kukumo |
| garlic | ajlo |
| lettuce | laktuko |
| olives | olivoj |
| onions | cepoj |
| peppers | piproj |
| potatoes | terpomoj |
| pumpkin | kukurbo |
| beans | faboj |
| tomatoes | tomatoj |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Esperanto, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Esperanto Articles, you might want to check the rest of our Esperanto lessons here: Learn Esperanto. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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