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 Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:24 am
Gramatical Structure is pretty easy. Word order is a bit more flexible.
Plenty of good info online if you check out the sites on teh first few posts of this thread.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 7:44 pm
Ashvemn mi ŝatas Esperanton ĉar ĝi havas la potencialon esti universala lingvo. [I like Esperanto because it has the potential to be a univeral language]. I don't know the grammatical structure of Esperanto, I used a translator. I would like to study the language sometime though. Tip: vi diris ke vi ŝatas Esperanton. Oni ne uzu "ŝati" kiam oni ŝatetas ion, oni uzu "plaĉi". Ekzemple, "Esperanto plaĉas al mi ĉar..." (You said you esteem/love Esperanto. Normally you don't use ŝati when you to say you "like" something, for that you would usually use plaĉi.) Another English example: I like books - Libroj plaĉas al mi I love books - Mi ŝatas librojn Also, I believe that you would need to say "ĝi havas la potencialon *de* esti universala lingvo" instead of just "ĝi havas la potencialon esti universala lingvo." It has the potential *of* becoming a universal language, and as far as I know the English "it has the potential to become a universal language" is a kind of shorthand that isn't used in many other languages.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 3:55 pm
I've always wondered if there's a difference between "ami" and "sxati".
Could one also say "Mi amas librojn," or would that be weird?
(P.S. Kiel oni tajpas esperantajn ekstraleterojn kiel sx, cx, ktp?)
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 6:17 pm
where is esperanto spoken? (As in country)
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:21 pm
Well, Esperanto was invented in the late 19th century by a Polish oculist by the name of Ludwig Zamenhof. It's been spreading since it caught on, so today it is spoken all over the place. I've noticed Esperanto speakers in the United States, Canada, various parts of Central and South America, most of Europe and especially Sweden, for some reason, Russia, China, and Japan.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:48 am
Lol, I've never met a Esperanto speaking person in Sweden. o.o Well, yes, my grandmother, she knew Esperanto, but then she forgot. >.<
Is it possible to be a native speaker of Esperanto? I mean, of course it's possible, but are there any native speakers out there?
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:07 am
There are a few people who are taught it from birth, but it is not really meant to be a native language.
There are some people who communicate in it almost exclusivley. I know a fair few in Australia who do. (mostly couples)
it is meant to be neutral so everyone can communicate with everyone else.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:27 am
I heard once of a couple who met through Esperanto; they didn't speak each other's native languages, so they would communicate in Esperanto; so when they got married and had a kid, they raised him/her with Esperanto as his/her first language.
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 4:50 am
Lots of couples meet like that... but the kid would alos learn the language of whatever country they lived in and probably the language of the families of each of them too.
you can not raise a kid to exclusivley speak esperanto.. there are only a few soley E-o schools in the world.
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:01 pm
Oh, yeah, definitely.
Esperanto would just be the language spoken around the house, I guess.
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:54 am
Dave Oh, yeah, definitely. Esperanto would just be the language spoken around the house, I guess.
Not really.
That would defeat the purpose, as it would be replacing the native language. It's mostly supposed to be used for international communication and the like. You iknow, a common rendez-vous point linguistically, so to speak. It's like "instead of having people go to each other's houses, let's just meet in the park instead." Having people speak it at home would be like living in the park. :O
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:46 am
No, I mean in cases where a kid is raised by Esperanto-speaking parents (who themselves do not speak the same language as one another, and thus talk to each other in Esperanto). While the child would also have to learn the language spoken in the area that he/she lives, I suppose Esperanto could be spoken around the house with his/her parents.
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:14 am
Dave No, I mean in cases where a kid is raised by Esperanto-speaking parents (who themselves do not speak the same language as one another, and thus talk to each other in Esperanto). While the child would also have to learn the language spoken in the area that he/she lives, I suppose Esperanto could be spoken around the house with his/her parents.
Hm. Never thought about that.
That's an interesting idea. Though depending on where they lived, they'd have to learn the language of that nation, too. In a perfect world where everyone spoke Esperanto, I'd still say learning the native language of one's country would be a must, because literature just can't be translated into Esperanto while retaining the original feel, or into any language for that matter.
:3
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:10 pm
That's what I think, too.
Plus, it would just be really boring if there were only one language (or very few languages) spoken in the world. confused
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:21 pm
Yep,.. which is what E-o is trying to avoid...
Speaking of which, there was a WINTER SCHOOL in Adelaide
last weekend. 3 days of E-o.
WWish I could have gone.
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