-ita

-ita: Done to

Level 4

-ita means the action is finished and the result is there.

How It Works

Verb	Participle	Meaning
skribi	skribita	written
fermi	fermita	closed
rompi	rompita	broken
aĉeti	aĉetita	bought

The doer is shown with de: la letero skribita de Ana is the letter that Ana wrote. Without de, the doer is not named. The participle can come before the noun, as in la skribita letero, or after it, as in la letero skribita de Ana.

The pair is -inta and -ita: la skribinta knabo is the boy who wrote, and la skribita letero is the letter that was written.

Examples (5)

La skribita letero kuŝas sur la tablo.
The written letter is lying on the table.
Skribita describes the letter after the writing.
Ewa vidas fermitan pordon.
Ewa sees a closed door.
Fermitan describes the door and has -n like pordon.
La rompita vitro kuŝas sur la planko.
The broken glass is lying on the floor.
Rompita names the result of breaking.
Ni legas la libron skribitan de Zamenhof.
We are reading the book written by Zamenhof.
De Zamenhof names the doer.
La aĉetitaj pomoj estas en la korbo.
The apples that were bought are in the basket.
Aĉetitaj has -j because pomoj is plural.

Common Mistakes

Naming the doer without de.
La letero skribita Ana estas longa.
La letero skribita de Ana estas longa.
After a passive participle, the doer comes with de.

How It Connects

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-itaLevel 4-ita: Done to

Learn This First

-ita changes only the tense of -ata.

-ata-ata: Being Done Now
Know -ata, because -ita is its finished version: legata, legita.
Level 4

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