Translation
shoulder
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Examples
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He put his hand on my shoulder.
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She shrugged and walked off.
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The child slept on his father's shoulder.
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My shoulder hurts after the long work.
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He carried the girl on his shoulders.
The first two examples each hide a rule. takes the accusative because the hand arrives there: after a preposition of place, -n marks motion towards, and without it would mean the hand was already resting there.
The shrug is , lift not shake, and it is always plural. And note in the last example: when the possessor is the subject of the sentence, Esperanto insists on . there would mean somebody else's shoulders entirely.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 3: ŝultro, fakto, nobla and 7 more words.