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THE DICTIONARY VORTARO
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“La Vortaro”Pilger: “BER”Bick: “Esperanto-dansk”
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Language questions
When should I use -a (adjective form) or -e (adverb form)?
Explanation
An adjective has the ending -a. An adjective describes a noun and indicates quality or a property. It answers the question "what kind?" and it takes the same ending (-n, -j, -jn) as the noun which it describes.
An adverb has the ending -e. It describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by telling the manner, location, circumstance, etc. and answers the questions "where?", "how?", "when?", or "to what degree?".
The difference between an adjective and an adverb is that an adjective can only describe a noun (or a noun and verb at the same time) while an adverb can NOT describe a noun.
Examples
Ŝia rakonto estas interesa. - Her narration is interesting.
Ŝi rakontas interese. - She narrates interestingly.
Tio estas bona. - That is good.
Estas bone. - It is well. (lit. "Is well")
La ĉambro estas varma. - The room is warm.
En la ĉambro estas varme. - It is warm in the room. (lit. "In the room is warmly")
La koloro de ŝiaj haroj estas bela. - The color of her hair is beautiful.
Ĉi tie estas tre bele. - It is very beautiful here. (lit. "Here is very beautifully.")
Somere estis tre varma vetero. - In the summer there was very warm weather. (lit. "In-the-summer was very warm weather.")
Lia amiko estas tute prava. - His friend is quite right.