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A Complete Grammar of Esperanto

Editorial note — Front matter (continued 3)

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The prepositions da and de follow nouns (99, 100) or adverbs (101), while el follows adjectives in the superlative degree (75), cardinal numerals (138), and the pronouns tiu, kiu (106), etc.: dekduo da ovoj, a dozen (of) eggs. dekduo de la ovoj, a dozen of the eggs. dek du el tiuj ovoj, twelve of those eggs. kiu el la ovoj? which one of the eggs? tiu el la ovoj, that one of the eggs. la plej freŝa el la ovoj, the freshest of the eggs.

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