Ni intencas izoli la ĉambron.

In Esperanto, -as marks the present tense. So intencas means intend / are intending.

• mi intencas = I intend
• ni intencas = we intend
• ili intencas = they intend

The ending stays the same no matter who the subject is.

Esperanto does not use a separate word like English to before the infinitive. The infinitive form simply ends in -i.

So:

• izoli = to isolate
• legi = to read
• iri = to go

That means Ni intencas izoli... literally works like We intend isolate..., but in natural English it is We intend to isolate...

The -n marks the direct object. It shows what is being affected by the action.

Here:

• Ni = we
• intencas izoli = intend to isolate
• la ĉambron = the room

So ĉambron gets -n because the room is the thing being isolated.

This accusative ending is very important in Esperanto.

La means the.

So:

• ĉambro = a room / room
• la ĉambro = the room
• la ĉambron = the room (as a direct object)

If the speaker means a specific room, la is used. If they mean just a room, they could say ĉambron without la.

Ĉambro means room.

The -o ending shows it is a noun. That is one of the most regular features of Esperanto:

• -o = noun
• -a = adjective
• -e = adverb
• -i = infinitive verb
• -as = present tense verb

So:

• ĉambro = room
• izoli = to isolate
• intencas = intend / intends / are intending

Ĉ is pronounced like ch in chair.

So ĉambro sounds roughly like CHAHM-bro.

A few helpful pronunciation notes:

• ĉ = ch as in church
• c = ts as in cats
• j = y as in yes
• ŝ = sh
• ĝ = j as in judge

Because Esperanto handles infinitives differently from English.

In English, we usually say:

• intend to isolate
• want to go
• hope to see

In Esperanto, the infinitive itself already does the job:

• intencas izoli
• volas iri
• esperas vidi

So the missing to is not a mistake; it is simply how Esperanto works.

Yes, Esperanto word order is fairly flexible because endings show the grammatical roles.

The basic order here is:

• Ni intencas izoli la ĉambron.

But other orders are possible, such as:

• La ĉambron ni intencas izoli.

That still means the same thing, because ĉambron has the -n ending, so we still know it is the object.

That said, the original order is the most neutral and natural in most situations.

Yes. Ni is the Esperanto pronoun for we.

Some basic pronouns are:

• mi = I
• vi = you
• li = he
• ŝi = she
• ĝi = it
• ni = we
• ili = they

Unlike English verbs, Esperanto verbs do not change depending on the pronoun, so ni intencas, mi intencas, and ili intencas all keep intencas.

Yes, izoli is the normal Esperanto verb for to isolate.

It is also related to words like:

• izolita = isolated
• izolado = isolation
• izoleco = isolation as a state

Depending on context, English may use isolate or insulate, so the exact translation can vary a little, but izoli is the core Esperanto verb here.

In Esperanto, the stress is always on the second-to-last syllable.

So:

• NI in-TEN-cas i-ZO-li la ĉam-BRON

More precisely:

• intencas → in-TENC-as
• izoli → i-ZOL-i
• ĉambron → ĈAM-bron

This fixed stress pattern makes pronunciation much more predictable than in English.