Lesson 14 / 24
Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta
Turn a verb into an adjective of time: doing, having done, about to do.
Active participles are adjectives. -anta is happening now: la leganta infano (the child who is reading). -inta is already done: la leginta infano (the child who has read). -onta is still ahead: la legonta infano (the child who will read). They take -j and -n like any adjective: la legantajn infanojn. Passive participles wait until the next lesson: -ata, -ita, -ota.
The reading child
Read the story. Click a word to see what it means.
infano sidas ĉe fenestro. novan libron.
skribinta amiko . laca feliĉa.
Morgaŭ venos leciono. estos .
Eva, kantante, ĉambron. Ĉiuj .
Read this aloud
- Kiu estas la kantanta virino? Who is the singing woman?
- Tio estas Eva. Ŝi estas la venonta instruisto. That is Eva. She is the teacher who is about to come / the coming teacher.
- Kaj la sidinta viro? And the man who sat / has sat?
- Li estas Marko. Li jam finis la lecionon. He is Marko. He already finished the lesson.
A participle is still an adjective
You can also make an adverb: legante (while reading), a noun: la leganto (the reader). Keep the time of the participle, not a new verb ending, when you only want to describe.
Words in this lesson
Practice
Write the Esperanto sentence. Enter checks your answer.
the reading child
-anta = happening now.
the child who has written
-inta = already done.
the coming day
-onta = still ahead.
I see the singing woman.
Adjective + object: -an … -on.
the writing teacher
-anta.
I hear the singing woman.
-an … -on.
Build the word
Type the Esperanto word.
reading (now)
-anta.
having written
-inta.
about to come / coming
-onta.
while singing (adverb)
Participle adverb: -ante.
Complete the sentences
Fill the missing ending or word.
la leg____ infano (now reading)
-anta.
la skrib____ amiko (has written)
-inta.
la ven____ tago (coming)
-onta.
Mi vidas la kantant____ virinon.
Adjective object -an.