1qaz2wsx Diglot Groupie Greece Joined 5170 days ago 98 posts - 124 votes Speaks: Greek*, EnglishC1 Studies: Russian, Albanian
| Message 1 of 9 17 April 2011 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
After tinkering a little bit with Esperanto for the first time here is the impression I got-it's basically a european-based language,something like an Italian-spanish pigin from some remote island with some words from other languages ,european too,here and there.
It seems helpful as an introduction to start learning your first foreign language,though.Before starting to learn a real one,that is.
My conclusion-helpful,but by no means an international language of communication.
Edited by 1qaz2wsx on 17 April 2011 at 7:44pm
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ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5132 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French
| Message 2 of 9 17 April 2011 at 7:48pm | IP Logged |
I think I just had a déjà lu.
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Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 4865 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans
| Message 3 of 9 17 April 2011 at 7:48pm | IP Logged |
So, what constitutes an international language?
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1qaz2wsx Diglot Groupie Greece Joined 5170 days ago 98 posts - 124 votes Speaks: Greek*, EnglishC1 Studies: Russian, Albanian
| Message 5 of 9 17 April 2011 at 7:57pm | IP Logged |
Mauritz wrote:
So, what constitutes an international language? |
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It's definitely not a pigin from a remote island.
paranday wrote:
Maybe best to put it to sleep, you can search the archives to your heart's content on this topic. |
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I didn't quite catch you.You mean remove this topic?
Another impression that I got is that esperantists often vehemently oppose opinions against Esperanto.
Edited by 1qaz2wsx on 17 April 2011 at 8:08pm
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Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5490 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish
| Message 6 of 9 17 April 2011 at 9:24pm | IP Logged |
Ummm...
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dmaddock1 Senior Member United States Joined 5230 days ago 174 posts - 426 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Esperanto, Latin, Ancient Greek
| Message 7 of 9 18 April 2011 at 12:32am | IP Logged |
1qaz2wsx wrote:
Another impression that I got is that esperantists often vehemently oppose opinions against Esperanto. |
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... often vehemently oppose uninformed or glib opinions ...
but I don't, they just bore me. :-) I'd suggest you don't waste any more of your time on it then. Enjoy your non-Esperanto studies.
d.
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