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How easy is Esperanto really? | ||
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4790 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 9 of 40 21 October 2011 at 12:33am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm lost. This thread was the last bit. My curiosity won the fight so I looked at lernu. Despite my former decision not to learn any artificial language, I think I will make some time for Esperanto next year.
The basic grammar I read introduction to looks really easier than any grammar I have ever seen but I suppose active skills will take alot of time just like in any language. I really like the resources. Lernu looks like a great place to begin at and there seem to be a lot more at the internet. The community interested in spreading the language seems to be working really hard towards the goal and it is great. It is actually quite common that less popular languages have such excited (and exciting) communities. This is one of the important things making Esperanto easier. It's just a bit sad how improbable it is to ever see Esperanto as a widely used language in international communication, even though it would be quite convenient for the EU for exemple. In current situation it sounds like a joke: "A british, french and czech prime ministers meet and they discuss economy issues in Esperanto". 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Enriquee Triglot Groupie United States esperantofre.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5116 days ago 51 posts - 125 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Esperanto, English | Message 10 of 40 21 October 2011 at 5:15am | IP Logged | |||||
http://en.lernu.net/biblioteko/gazetoj/juna_amiko/vortlisto. php Maybe is not the same ... just try it. Enrique 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Enriquee Triglot Groupie United States esperantofre.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5116 days ago 51 posts - 125 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Esperanto, English | Message 11 of 40 21 October 2011 at 5:43am | IP Logged | |||||
Maybe after 124 years of use and evolution, now isn't that artificial. It will take less than 20 hours to go through a basic course. Maybe you don't need to wait that long.
There are differences among languages. After many years of studying I started to understand written English. After some more time I was capable of understanding most of what I read. Then I needed six more years to learn to listen English. Written and spoken English are 2 languages ... also French,Chinese, Japanese ... Esperanto is just one language. You can learn from a book and be capable of understanding the spoken language ... I did that, 52 years ago. Getting fluency in Esperanto requires time and practice ... but much less than for any other language. Enrique 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6220 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 12 of 40 21 October 2011 at 12:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
Have fun. And yes, Lernu is great. Active skills may take less time than you think; they did for me.
There are a couple of EU politicians who speak it, and some Esperanto projects get EU funding. It's also used in international communication quite a lot every day - just not usually in official contexts between politicians. And it pops up in some unexpected places; the German Pirate Party has their program translated into Esperanto, for example. 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| jean-luc Senior Member France Joined 4741 days ago 100 posts - 150 votes Speaks: French* Studies: German | Message 13 of 40 21 October 2011 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
Really ? Who ? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5792 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 14 of 40 21 October 2011 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
The structure of Esperanto was built up around the structuralist grammar theories of the day. As language theory moves further and further from the strict structuralist approach, Esperanto is less and less of a model of language learning. There is a danger that learning Esperanto will reinforce structuralist thinking in the learner.
I'd only really be interested in an artificial language if it was written as an experiment on current language theory -- checking things like the frequency of occurence of irregular verbs; the importance of synkinaesthesia in memorability of unfamiliar words etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jean-luc Senior Member France Joined 4741 days ago 100 posts - 150 votes Speaks: French* Studies: German | Message 15 of 40 21 October 2011 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
The easiness of learning esperanto does not depend of the linguistic theory of the day. It's a fact which may be checked and answered true or not. And if you want to know about how easy it could be for yourself, you don't even have to wait for statistic studies but just to spend one hour on the language. You'll definitively be fixed on this point (and on the interest to learn the language).
What does that mean ? Which danger are you talking about ? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6220 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 16 of 40 22 October 2011 at 6:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
Wikipedia's article on the European Esperanto union mentions "two members of the European Parliament, Ms. Małgorzata Handzlik of Poland and Ms. Ljudmila Novak of Slovenia", although their wikipedia pages say that Ms. Novak has given up on speaking it and sticks to passively understanding it these days. At lower levels of government than the European Parliament, there are others. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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