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Examples
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The book is on the table.
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Put your hand on the table.
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There is only one book on the table.
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What is on your hand?
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He looked at the people in the street.
Sur means "on", resting against the top of a surface. Like most Esperanto prepositions it takes the plain nominative for a static position, but the accusative -n appears when the phrase describes movement onto something: la libro estas sur la tablo, but metu la libron sur la tablon. That single -n is the whole difference between being there and getting there.
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(5)Grammar articles
(14)The Esperanto Accusative: What -n Does, and Its Four Jobs
What to Read in Esperanto: The Bookshelf, In Order
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Who Decides Correct Esperanto? Fundamento and Akademio
The History of Esperanto in Ten Episodes, 1859 to Today
Esperanto Question Words: Kiu, Kio, Kie and the Ki- Table
Esperanto Food and Cooking Words: Kuirarto kaj Man臐o
The Esperanto Congress: Universala Kongreso and Its Words
Unofficial Esperanto Affixes: -oz-, -iv- and the Rest
The Esperanto Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota and esti
Esperanto Prepositions: The Full List, With Examples
Esperanto Quantity Words: iom, multe, kelkaj and da
Tricky Esperanto Prepositions: je, po and Direction -n
Esperanto Verbs and Prepositions: Which One Each Verb Takes
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 6: sur, 艥i, tio and 11 more words.