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| surfingnirvana Newbie United States Joined 6828 days ago 37 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Turkish, Japanese, Armenian | Message 1 of 7 23 May 2006 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know lots of people despise it, but Id very much like to learn Esperanto. It is similar to Spanish I heard because of its extensive use of Latin roots, and it sounds cool too :)
Anyone know any good books or programs? -Alejo 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7209 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 2 of 7 23 May 2006 at 9:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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http://lernu.net/ is a great site with several free courses. Many of them have audio. Some of them have correspondence, so you get corrections on free form exercises.
If I had known when I started studying that Spanish would take 4 years to get to the level of capability that I want, and that I could have gotten to the same level in Esperanto in 1 year, and then be fluent in Spanish with another 3 years of effort, I would have learnt Esperanto first. If you like the dialog approach, ELNA sells Teach Yourself Esperanto and a cassette to go along with it that is very good. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6872 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 3 of 7 23 May 2006 at 10:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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I second that: Teach Yourself Esperanto, if you can still find it, is excellent. Also another good book is "Being Colloquial Esperanto: A Reference Guide" by David K. Jordan. It focuses on some of the grammar that has evolved, or is in usage (at least at the time of publishing) and teaches some things that TY didn't include.
Actually, I need to go back and relearn Esperanto: I had to leave my lessons on numourous occasions, so my command of the language is faulty at best. For dictionaries, I used one by JC Wells and published by Teach Yourself. Even though I think it's outdated, it has served me well, and seems fairly comprehensive. Here is a link of an online dictionary. I haven't used it much, though...but it looks pretty good. And it's true that many people don't like it, or at confused as to why someone would learn it, but really it is great fun to study. I whole-heartedly encourage you, surfingnirvana. Edited by Journeyer on 23 May 2006 at 10:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Qbe Tetraglot Senior Member United States joewright.org/var Joined 7139 days ago 289 posts - 335 votes Speaks: English*, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Japanese, German, Mandarin, Aramaic | Message 4 of 7 24 May 2006 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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Teach Yourself Esperanto was a great book with a lot of good excerpts from a variety of Esperanto sources--books, newspapers, etc. I wish I'd actually worked all the way through it.
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| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7150 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 5 of 7 24 May 2006 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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I downloaded the entire Lernu! program from the website.
I do my lessons offline and it has a built in dictionary that you can either click on any word in the text and it gives the meaning or you can paste in your own words. I wish someone would design a similar program for other languages. It contains books with audio. I would use Lernu! before I looked for other material I had to pay for. Transparent 101 Languages of the World also contains Esperanto and you can play the audio at four different speeds and also click on words for a full grammatical explanation of the word and its root word. This is a program every language enthusiast should have, anyway. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Americano Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6850 days ago 101 posts - 120 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean | Message 6 of 7 24 May 2006 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Luke, what level are you trying to reach? Four years sounds like a very very long time for Spanish. From what I understand you could take your time and finish FSI in probably a year and I think you would be rather proficient.
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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7209 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 7 of 7 24 May 2006 at 9:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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