Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6267 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 3 25 November 2010 at 4:41pm | IP Logged |
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Jen ridiga afero, kiu okazas al mi sufiĉe ofte. Kiam mi diras ke mi flue parolas
Esperanton, ke mia koramiko ankaŭ flue parolas Esperanton kaj ke ni ofte partoprenas en
internaciaj Esperanto-renkontiĝoj, homoj reagas strange.
Kelkaj demandas "Kaj ĉu vi kapablas komuniki en Esperanto unu kun la alia?"
(Jes, tio normale estas la difino de 'flue parolas'. Lastfoje, dum la foruma renkontiĝo
dum Expolingua, mi do ekparolis esperante kun Chuck pri la maleblo paroli Esperanton.)
Aliaj demandas "Do kiun lingvon oni parolas ĉe Esperanto-renkontiĝoj?".
Mi ĵuras ke venonte mi respondos "la svahilan".
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This is a funny thing that happens to me quite often. When I say that I speak Esperanto
fluently and that my boyfriend also fluently speaks Esperanto and that we often
participate in international Esperanto meetings, people react strangely.
Some ask "And are you able to communicate with each other in Esperanto?"
(Yes, that's generally the definition of 'fluently speaking'. Last time, during the
forum meet-up during Expolingua, I therefore started talking with Chuck in Esperanto
about how it's impossible to speak Esperanto.)
Others ask "So what language do people speak at Esperanto meetings?"
I swear that in the future I shall answer "Swahili".
Edited by Sprachprofi on 25 November 2010 at 4:48pm
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| Message 2 of 3 25 November 2010 at 10:26pm | IP Logged |
Mi pensis Esperanton estus deviga (ekster la krokodilaĵaj ĉambroj). Kial iu faras Esperanton kongresojn se Esperanto ne estus deviga?
Why arrange Esperanto congresses if Esperanto isn't obligatory there?
Edited by Iversen on 25 November 2010 at 10:30pm
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Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6267 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 3 of 3 26 November 2010 at 11:39am | IP Logged |
Esperanto ne deviga tie, sed ja forte kuraĝigita. Mi do pensas ke estas stultega demando
"Kiun lingvon oni parolas ĉe Esperanto-renkontiĝoj?", tial mi respondu per "la svahilan".
Esperanto isn't obligatory there, but it is strongly encouraged. Therefore I think that
it's a really stupid question "What language is spoken at Esperanto meetings?", that's
why I should respond "Swahili".
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