Mi iras rekte al la stacidomo.

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Breakdown of Mi iras rekte al la stacidomo.

• la: the
• al: to
• iri: to go

Questions & Answers about Mi iras rekte al la stacidomo.

Why is it mi iras and not something like mi ir?

In Esperanto, verbs always take an ending that shows the tense or mood.

Here, iras = go / am going because -as is the present tense ending.

So:

• mi iras = I go / I am going
• mi iris = I went
• mi iros = I will go
• mi iru = go! / should go
• mi irus = would go

The verb itself is iri = to go.

Does iras mean go or am going?

It can mean either, depending on context.

Esperanto present tense -as does not force a distinction between:

• I go
• I am going

So Mi iras rekte al la stacidomo can be understood as:

• I go straight to the train station, or
• I am going straight to the train station

Usually the situation makes it clear.

What does rekte do here, and why does it end in -e?

Rekte is an adverb, and adverbs in Esperanto usually end in .