Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6474 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese
| Message 1 of 5 30 December 2009 at 5:30pm | IP Logged |
I just published some exercises designed to help you master Esperanto affixes on my blog: http://www.learnlangs.com/blog/2009/12/30/practise-esperanto -affixes/ .
Mastering the affixes is the key to understanding and speaking Esperanto fluently, as the affixes are very wide-spread and they help you wiggle out of a lot of vocabulary trouble and even some grammar issues.
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Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6443 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 2 of 5 09 January 2010 at 3:40am | IP Logged |
Sprachprofi wrote:
I just published some exercises designed to help you master Esperanto affixes on my blog: http://www.learnlangs.com/blog/2009/12/30/practise-esperanto -affixes/ .
Mastering the affixes is the key to understanding and speaking Esperanto fluently, as the affixes are very wide-spread and they help you wiggle out of a lot of vocabulary trouble and even some grammar issues. |
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I strongly recommend these exercises. They were a huge part of how I became comfortable in Esperanto.
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doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5990 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese
| Message 3 of 5 09 January 2010 at 1:57pm | IP Logged |
What really messes with my passive understanding is the usage of suffixes as individual words, especially when they then have their own suffixes added on. After reading through and understanding all of the dialogs from KEK, I don't really have any problems understanding the suffixes as used normally. It was quite a good set of lessons.
When speaking, I think one of my biggest problems so far is accidentally inserting Spanish words when I encounter a new root that I want to use. I commonly feel a hesitation where I have to decide whether the word I'm about to say is Esperanto or Spanish in origin. At least I seem to have stopped saying "es" instead of "estas" in some situations.
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datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5589 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French
| Message 4 of 5 09 January 2010 at 4:16pm | IP Logged |
How often do you guys use Esperanto? How do you find a speaker of it besides the internet?
I've always loved the idea of Esperanto, I just wondered if I could readily use it :D
-Jordan
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doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5990 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese
| Message 5 of 5 09 January 2010 at 4:25pm | IP Logged |
I actually just joined a facebook group about Esperanto, and noticed that one of my acquaintances was listed in it too. I just sent him a message and we're going to meet up to chat in Esperanto. There's also an email list for Esperantists in my city, so I've emailed that to see if there are any meetings. Coincidentally, the Esperanto podcast "Radio Verda" is done by two people from here in Vancouver as well, so I'd like to meet them at some point. I know there are several other people I've met here in Vancouver over the years who speak Esperanto, but I don't have any current way to contact them.
Later this year I'm planning to do some traveling in Europe, so I'm going to try to use the Esperanto Servo list to find some accommodations with other Esperantists while I travel. I'm planning to go to some larger Esperanto events, like the "Summer Esperanto Study" in Slovakia, and possibly the Universala Kongreso (the biggest yearly event) if I decide I can afford flying to Cuba.
If you live near a major city, there are probably some people there who speak it.
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