La ekskurso sekvas longan itineron.

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Breakdown of La ekskurso sekvas longan itineron.

• longa: long
• sekvi: to follow
• ekskurso: the excursion; outing

Questions & Answers about La ekskurso sekvas longan itineron.

What do the endings in ekskurso, sekvas, longan, and itineron tell me?

Esperanto endings carry a lot of grammar:

• -o = a noun
  
  • ekskurso = an excursion, outing, trip
  • itinero = an itinerary, route
• -as = present tense verb
  
  • sekvas = follows / is following
• -a = adjective
  
  • longa = long
• -n = accusative ending, usually marking the direct object
  
  • longan itineron = a long itinerary/route, as the thing being followed

So the sentence structure is very clear from the endings.

Why is it la ekskurso?

La is the Esperanto word for the.

So:

• ekskurso = an excursion / excursion
• la ekskurso = the excursion

Esperanto has only one definite article, la. It does not change for gender, number, or case.

Why is sekvas in the present tense?