"Fotilo estas ilo por foti."
Translation:A camera is a tool for taking a picture.
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Why is it "taking a picture" and not "taking pictures"? I wouldn't like to have a camera for a single picture only. :-)
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I agree with you. I had a camera that broke after the first shot and I got really upset.
Maybe you should report it next time. In fact, I would suggest “A camera is a tool for photographing”, which IMO covers all bases.
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Because countable nouns in English nearly always need some kind of determiner in the singular - an article such as "a" or "the", a possessive adjective such as "my", a word such as "many" or "all", etc.
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Cameras are countable. Indefinite, singular countable nouns are preceded with "a" or "an". If you just say "Camera", it sounds like the name of someone or something specific.
