Names With -n

Names and the Ending -n

Level 2

Add -n to a name that is the object.

How It Works

NameAs the object
AnaAnan
KenjiKenjin
EwaEwan
PavelPavelon

A name that ends in a vowel takes -n directly, just like a noun: Mi vidas Anan. The name itself does not change.

A name that ends in a consonant has no vowel for -n to follow. You can add -on: Ĉu vi konas Pavelon? If the meaning is clear, you may also leave the name as it is: Ana vidas Pavel. If both names are bare, a reader cannot tell who does what, so add -on to the object.

A title before the name takes the -n and the name stays plain: Mi vidas sinjoron Kenji.

Examples (5)

  1. Mi vidas Anan en la kongreso.

    I see Ana at the congress.

    Anan is the object of vidas.

  2. Ewa helpas Kenjin.

    Ewa helps Kenji.

    Kenji ends in a vowel and adds -n.

  3. Ni vizitas Ewan en Pollando.

    We visit Ewa in Poland.

    The subject ni has no ending, and Ewan has -n.

  4. Ĉu vi konas Pavelon, Raj?

    Do you know Pavel, Raj?

    Pavel ends in a consonant, so it adds -on.

  5. Mi vidas sinjoron Kenji.

    I see Mr Kenji.

    With a title, only the title takes -n.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting -n on a name after a title.

    Mi vidas sinjoron Kenjin.
    Mi vidas sinjoron Kenji.

    When a title stands before the name, only the title takes -n.

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Learn This First

A name takes -n as an object and keeps its capital.

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Patterns that build on this one.