Editorial note — Front matter (continued 4)

The use of troviĝi, and also of sin trovi, kuŝi, stari and sidi, in a sense not greatly differing from that of esti, avoids the monotonous repetition of forms of esti, just as English uses lie, sit, perch, etc., in narration for similar reasons:

Multaj vilaĝoj troviĝas tie, many villages are (situated) there. Egipto troviĝas en la nordorienta parto de Afriko, Egypt is (found) in the northeastern part of Africa. Li sin trovis sola en la dezerto, he found himself (he was) alone in the desert. La urbo kuŝis inter du lagoj, the city lay between two lakes. Sur la montflanko sidis vilaĝeto, on the mountainside perched a tiny village.