No Exceptions

Foundations

You learn each rule once, and it works for every word.

How It Works

One article. La is the only article, and it never changes.
Nouns end in -o. The plural is always -j: libro, libroj.
Adjectives end in -a and copy the number of their noun.
The object always takes -n.
Verbs do not change for person or number: mi estas, vi estas, ŝi estas, ili estas.
No grammatical gender. A noun is not masculine or feminine. Words for people and animals carry the sex only as part of their meaning, as in patro (father) and patrino (mother).

Because the system is so regular, a new word fits a pattern you already know.

Ana estas el Brazilo, kaj Kenji estas el Japanio.
Ana is from Brazil, and Kenji is from Japan.
Estas stays the same for Ana and for Kenji.
Mi estas hejme, vi estas hejme, ŝi estas hejme.
I am at home, you are at home, she is at home.
The verb estas has one form for mi, vi and ŝi.
Ni estas amikoj, kaj ili estas amikoj.
We are friends, and they are friends.
Estas is the same for ni and for ili.
La studento estas el Maroko.
The student is from Morocco.
Studento is neither masculine nor feminine; the word does not say which.

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No ExceptionsFoundations

The regular grammar overview rests on endings that always show the word type.

Patterns that build on this one.

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