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Study Esperanto 10 minutes a day and become a World Citizen

Esperanto is a neutral, international language, created to be a bridge in between different cultures and peoples. Besides being politically and culturally neutral, it is the easiest language to learn on Earth. While english can be learned in 10 years, Esperanto can be learned in 4 MONTHS.

It is spoken by over 10 million people, in every corner of the globe. It has thousands of books written on it, hundreds of songs, newspapers, magazines and it is the quickest way to connect with the World.

Study Esperanto for 10 minutes a day.
In 4 MONTHS, you will be an expert, able to talk to anyone who speaks Esperanto around the world with perfection. In 4 MONTHS, you can become a citizen of the world.

Any questions regarding the language can be sent to me personaly or to the comments below. You can learn Esperanto on the internet. There is no need for a teacher.

I send a lesson to the pledge every Sunday! And, if you want, you can also visit http://en.lernu.net/

Experience dictates a warning: before you attack, google it. It´s better to make an informed attack. I will gladly answer it.

This is an ongoing pledge that should be fulfilled as often as possible.

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Juan C. Castanon @ 06:14PM PT Nov 19

Its important to make a pledge with your self to achieve something in your life.
Guillermo Zamudio Arellano Veracruz, Ver, México, CA @ 04:25PM PT Nov 18

Esperanto estas la plej bona ilo por facile lerni kaj kompreni aliajn lingvojn, gxi estas facila, frata kaj amuza lingvo, ankaux estas la solvo por multaj problemoj, gxi estas lingvo por la paco.
Brian Carpenter @ 03:08PM PT Nov 10

Esperanto is our hope for world peace
Cesar Redito @ 06:29PM PT Oct 30

This pledge will remind me of my commitment to Esperanto learning. I hope to be a world citizen within the specified time-frame.
Renata Ventura Houston, TX @ 07:54AM PT Oct 18
Pledge fulfilled Jan 22!

LESSON 1

Let’s start with a few basic words – so you can start a conversation!

At the end of the first vocab lesson, I give instructions of pronunciation. Very simple. Very easy.

VOCAB:

Hello: Saluton!

(In Esperanto, every word has the emphasis on the second to last syllable. So, “Saluton” pronounces “saLUton “)

Good morning: Bonan matenon

           (pronounces: BOnan maTEnon)

Good day: Bonan tagon

           (pronounces: BOnan TAgon)

           (“tago”, day, comes from German: tag)

Good evening: Bonan vesperon

          (pronounces: BOnan vesPEron)

Good night:: Bonan nokton

         (pronounces: BOnan NOKton)

How are you doing: Kiel vi fartas?

           (as in “how do you fare”)

          (pronounces: KIeL vi FARtas)

Good!: Bone!   (BOne)

Not good: Malbone…   (malBOne)

Great!: Bonege!      (boNEge)

More or less: pli malpli     (pli MALpli)

PRONUNCIATION:

(Contrary to English, where the letter A has 12 different sounds, in Esperanto each letter has only ONE sound. Each sound has only ONE letter). This way, if you can write it, you can speak it. If you can speak it, you can write it.

CUT THIS OUT and paste it somewhere so you can take a look from time to time!:

A = as the “a” in “Sparta”, or “Natasha”

B = as the “b” in “Bush”

C = as the “zz” in “Pizza”

Ĉ (Cx) = as the “ch” in “chief”, or “change”

D = as the “d” in “dance”

E = as the “e” in “they”

F = as the “f” in “fox”

G = as the “g” in “gate”

Ĝ (Gx) = as the “dg” in “edge”

H = as the “h” in “home”

I = as the “i” in “english”

J = as the “y” in “yes”’ – in fact, “yes” in Esperanto is “jes”

Ĵ (Jx) = as the “s” in “measure”

K = as the “c” in “calculus”

L = as the “l” in “lamb”

M = as the “m” in “mamma”

N = as the “n” in “Natasha”

O = as the first “o” in “Potato”

P = as the “p” in “potato”

R = as the “t” in “water” (it’s a trilled “r”. In american English, people say “warer” when speaking “water”. They don’t pronounce the “T” in water.)

S = as the “s” in “Saturday”

Ŝ (Sx) = as the “sh” in “show”

T = as the “t” in “tattoo”

U = as the “oo” in “moon”

V = as the “v” in “victory

Z = as the “z” in “zoom”

Attention, if you cannot read or write the letters with accents, the normal procedure is to put an “x” after the letter. And that’s what I will do from now on!

You will see that, in a few lessons, you will have committed all the pronunciations to memory! It’s very easy.

See you next Sunday!
Renata Ventura Houston, TX @ 01:44PM PT Oct 04
Pledge fulfilled Jan 22!

LESSON 2 (if you need lesson one, just send me an email!!! lernantino.cxiama@gmail.com

Now we go for NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS. It´s very simple.

Nouns always end in "o"
Adjectives always end in "a"
Adverbs always end in "e"
Femine nouns always end in "ino"

Varmo = warmth
Varma = warm
Varme = warmly

Viro = man
Vira = masculine/manly

Virino = woman
Virina = femine/womanly

Kato = cat
Katino = female cat

Knabo = boy
Knabino = girl

As you can see, Esperanto is different from most languages in the fact that we don´t need to learn every single word in the　dictionary. We learn a few words and, from those, we build the others!

When a person learns english, for instance, he or she must learn BOY and GIRL. If you learn just "boy", that doesn´t automatically tell you how to say the feminine of "boy".

In Esperanto, by learning Knabo (boy), you automatically know knabino (girl) and about 50　other variations, because you already know all the prefixes and sufixes that can go with　that first word　to form different meanings! It´s like an easy picture puzzle.

Knabo = boy

knaba = boyish

knabe = boyishly

Knabino = girl

knabina = girlish

knabine = girlishly

During the lessons you will learn many other prefixes and sufixes that will make your life　a lot easier.

Another example: In Esperanto, if you learn the word Cxevalo (horse), you automatically know the word for "mare", which is Cxevalino. (in the next lessons I will teach you about the letters and how they sound, don´t worry. It´s no big deal.)

:-)

In the next lessons you will continue to see just how much easier Esperanto is than any other language. And you will learn how that doesn´t　AT ALL　mean that Esperanto is a poor language. On the contrary. Its infinite combinations make it the perfect language for poetry, for instance.

See you next time!

www.esperantous.ning.com
Renata Ventura Houston, TX @ 01:56PM PT Sep 04
Pledge fulfilled Jan 22!

That´s cool, Gany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:-D

Tell people in the Esperanto nings!!!!

www.esperantujo.ning.com

www.esperantous.ning.com

What is this flashfiction?
g x a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelguese, OH @ 06:36AM PT Sep 03

If anyone is on Twitter, do a search for #esperanto and you'll come up with a lot of tweets to follow for practice!

I'm "ganymeder" on Twitter.

Also, I just started a flashfiction thing for Esperanto on Thursdays on Twitter, if anyone is interested. Just search on #fikcietojxauxdo to read or post a link to your short (less than 1,000 words) fiction.

My first Esperanto story (started studying March) is now posted, though it's pretty short. :) I would love to read anyone else's. :D
Renata Ventura Houston, TX @ 07:53PM PT Aug 25
Pledge fulfilled Jan 22!

Saluton! Hello, to all of you!

If you´ve been with us from the start, then you have already received this first lesson. You can use it as a review!

For the newly signed, welcome!!!

LESSON 1:

One of the easiest aspects of Esperanto are the verbs. They are regular and very logical. None of the complications that come with every national language.

PRESENT tense always ends in "as"
PAST tense always ends in "is"
FUTURE tense always ends in "os"

I dance: Mi dancas
You dance: Vi dancas
He dances: Li dancas
It dances: Gxi dancas
She dances: Sxi dancas
We dance: Ni dancas
They dance: ili dancas

To put it in the past or in the future, just replace the last two letters!

I danced: Mi dancis

We danced: Ni dancis

I will dance: Mi dancos

He will dance: Li dancos

:-)
Ah! And the "C" in Esperanto sounds like the "zz" in "Pizza".
J Waikanae, New Zealand @ 04:16PM PT Aug 22

Great - I will certainly take this up and learn something new - it is a good thing to do. Thanx for the awareness pierluigi. Brightest Blessings.