Ni grimpis sur grandan rokon.

we

Breakdown of Ni grimpis sur grandan rokon.

• sur: onto
• granda: large
• roko: the rock; rock mass

Questions & Answers about Ni grimpis sur grandan rokon.

What does grimpis tell me about the time of the action?

The ending -is marks the past tense in Esperanto.

So:

• grimpi = to climb
• grimpas = climbs / is climbing
• grimpis = climbed
• grimpos = will climb

So Ni grimpis means we climbed.

Why is sur used here?

Sur means on, onto, or on top of, depending on context.

In this sentence, it shows the destination of the climbing: they climbed onto a big rock.

So sur grandan rokon means something like onto a big rock rather than just to a rock in a general sense.

Why do both grandan and rokon end in -n?