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Also, the park is not the direct object.
What do the pigs play? The park?
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play can be transitive and intransitive. When used as in intransitive verb, it just means to play, as in have fun, be silly.
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You can, but it indicates movement.
Li saltas sur la tablo = He jumps on the table = He is standing on the table and jumping up and down on it.
Li saltas sur la tablon = He jumps onto the table = He is standing somewhere else, jumps, and lands on the table.
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For prepositions that can mean position or motion (such as "en"), the accusative is used to mean motion. So "en la parkon" could be used to mean "into the park".
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When did they play in the park? (https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Porkoj) What did they play? "Jen"? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09Y5Z5BRWQ)
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Anyone else hear nouns ending in -o and want to put el instead of la?
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And then you have to remind yourself that this is Esperanto, not Spanish!
