Getting around in Esperanto
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Esperanto words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Esperanto phrases in this lesson
- Kie estas la klozeto?KEE-eh ES-tas lah kloh-ZEH-toh
- Where is the toilet?
- Kiel mi iru al...?KEE-el mee EE-roo al
- How do I get to...?
- Maldekstrenmal-DEKS-tren
- To the left
- DekstrenDEKS-tren
- To the right
- Rekte antaŭenREK-teh an-TOW-en
- Straight ahead
- Ĉi tiechee TEE-eh
- Here
- Stacidomostah-tsee-DOH-moh
- Train station
- Aŭtobusoah-oo-toh-BOO-soh
- Bus
- Flughavenofloog-hah-VEH-noh
- Airport
- Unu bileton, bonvoluOO-noo bee-LEH-ton, bon-VOH-loo
- One ticket, please
Klozeto is bathroom or toilet (from closet, archaic). Modern term: privejo (private place). Critical question at multi-day Esperanto conferences.
The -n ending shows direction: to the left.
Stacio (station) + domo (house/building). Built from component roots. Fervojisto (railroad worker) follows the same pattern.
Literally "self-moving-vehicle" from aŭto- (self) + buso (bus, loan). Ĉapelo is trolley, vagonaro is train. Esperanto predates modern transit.
Literally "flight harbor".
Bileto is ticket. The -on ending required for direct object (accusative). Standardized at Esperanto train journeys for conferences.