let's go in Esperanto

“Let’s go” in Esperanto is Ni iru! (nee EE-roo). Ni is “we” and iru is the -u form of iri “to go”, which expresses a wish or a suggestion. Add ĉu for a polite question, as in PMEG’s Ĉu ni iru al la dancejo? “Shall we go to the dance hall?”

Other ways to say it

• Ni ekiru!Let’s get going! (ek- “start to”)
• Ek!Come on! / Let’s go!
• Ni foriru.Let’s be on our way.
• Ĉu ni iru?Shall we go?

Example sentences

• Ni iru.Let’s go.
• Ni ekiru.Let’s get going.

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Do not confuse Ni iru! with Ni iras “we are going”: the -u ending turns the verb into a suggestion. PMEG explains Ek! as a short call to start at once.

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