Translation
straight; direct
Examples
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The road to the village is straight.
respondon .
He gave a direct answer to the question.
rekte antaŭen, en.
Go straight ahead, then turn left.
rekte .
She looked me straight in the eyes.
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We need a direct route to our goal.
covers both the geometry and the manner: a straight line and a straight answer take the same word. The trap for English speakers is the look of it - rekt- suggests right, and it is nothing to do with , the right-hand side. Watch the direction endings in the third example: antaŭen and en both take -n because they mark movement towards, not position. i is to straighten, a crooked or roundabout, and rekte the adverb that does most of the daily work.
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