Poste ni descendas en la valon.

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Breakdown of Poste ni descendas en la valon.

• ni: we
• poste: afterwards
• en: into

Questions & Answers about Poste ni descendas en la valon.

Why is it poste and not post?

Because poste is an adverb, meaning afterward / afterwards / then / later.

• poste = afterwards, then
• post = after as a preposition, so it must be followed by something

So:

• Poste ni descendas en la valon. = Afterwards/Then we descend into the valley.
• Post la manĝo ni descendas en la valon. = After the meal we descend into the valley.

In your sentence, there is no noun after post-, so the adverb poste is the right form.

Can poste go somewhere else in the sentence?

Yes. Esperanto word order is fairly flexible, especially with adverbs.

These are all possible, with slightly different emphasis:

• Poste ni descendas en la valon.
• Ni poste descendas en la valon.
• Ni descendas poste en la valon.

The first version is very natural if you are telling a sequence of events: first this happens, then that happens.

So putting poste at the beginning often gives a nice narrative feel.

Why is it ni?