Esperanto Nouns
Welcome to the third Esperanto lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Esperanto to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  terpomoj | tomatoes tomatoj | onions cepoj | carrots karotoj |
fruits fruktoj | apples pomoj | bananas bananoj | oranges oranĝoj |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Esperanto |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | ĉu vi havas lakton? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | mi havas lakton kaj kafon |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | li havas tri pomojn |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | ŝi nur havas unu pomon |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | ni loĝas en malgranda domo |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | mi ŝatas nian matenmanĝon |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread pano | milk lakto | butter butero | cheese fromaĝo |
coffee kafo | sandwich sandviĉo | meat viando | chicken kokaĵo |
fish fiŝaĵo | breakfast matenmanĝo | lunch lunĉo | dinner ĉefmanĝo |
Conversation in Esperanto
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Esperanto |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Esperanto)? | ĉu vi parolas (la anglan/esperanton)? |
| Just a little | nur iom(et)e |
| I like Esperanto | mi ŝatas esperanton |
| Can I practice with you? | ĉu vi bonvolu ekzerci vin esperante kun mi? |
| How old are you? | kiom da jaroj havas vi? |
| I'm thirty three years old | mi estas tridek tri jaraĝa |
| It was nice talking to you | estis agrable paroli kun vi |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Esperanto. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Esperanto Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |