okupo. Per mia mano mi energie lin frotadis. La pluvo faladis per
riveroj. Cxiuminute sxi elrigardadis tra la fenestro, kaj malbenadis la
malrapidan iradon de la vagonaro.

Mi saltas tre lerte. Mi eksaltis de surprizo. Mi saltadis la tutan tagon
[Footnote: See Lesson 26 (iii.)] de loko al loko. Kiam vi ekparolis, mi
atendis auxdi ion novan. La diamanto havas belan brilon. Sxi lasis la
diamanton ekbrili. Du ekbriloj do fulmo trakuris tra la malluma cxielo.


LESSON 15.

VERBS (continued).

In all the examples already given the Subject of the Sentence is the
"doer" of the action, but often it is "the one to whom the action is
done" who occupies our thoughts, and of whom we wish to speak. This one
then becomes the subject, and the form of the Verb is changed. Instead
of saying "The police are searching for the thief," "Someone has broken
the window," "Someone is going to finish the work to-morrow," we say
"The thief is being sought for by the police," "The window has been
broken," "The work is going to be finished to-morrow."

(Note the convenience of this form when we do not know or do not wish to
mention the doer).


In Esperanto the terminations "-ata", "being", denoting "incompleteness"
or "present" time, "-ita", "having been", denoting "completeness"
or "past" time, and "-ota", "about to be" (going to be), denoting