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Best way to learn Esperanto as Beginner

de kvdsouza, 2017-januaro-03

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kvdsouza (Montri la profilon) 2017-januaro-03 15:56:26

Hi. I'm learning Esperanto and want to use a mix of Duolingo, Kurso de Esperanto, and Lernu. How long does each material take to complete, and which should I use, Kurso or Lernu?

abaligu (Montri la profilon) 2017-januaro-04 08:41:35

In order to learn Esperanto well, "Practise makes perfect." As the proverb goes, we shall accustom ourselves to it through listening to it, speaking it, reading it, writing in it and even translating it.

Even though we are enthusiastic about learning, it takes great patience to go through any material like Duolingo, Kurso de Esperanto, and Lernu, whose amounts are large enough to make one as restless as an ant on a hot pan. As another proverb goes, "Rome is not built in one day." Therefore, before we bring home the bacon, insistence is necessary.

In spite of the rocks ahead, do not be afraid, just go forward. Bravery is the best weapon to overcome all difficulties. Moreover, we wish you good luck!

Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2017-januaro-05 00:11:02

In the beginning, choose one of those methods and see it through to the end. Jumping about and mixing them will just bring about either confusion or overload.

I suggest Duolingo first (because of its encouragement of learning methodology) and then you can go through the course here.

Anĝel (Montri la profilon) 2017-januaro-07 05:16:28

I've been loving the Duolingo course. I gladly recommend it! ridego.gif

iamcliff (Montri la profilon) 2017-januaro-12 01:51:49

I also suggest Duolingo first (it's what I did as well). It will give you a good basic understanding of the language along with 1500 or so vocabulary words (the Memrise flash card deck for Duolingo has almost 2000 words, but a lot of those are conjugations of the same verb).

However, if you are more of a book study type of person (reading lessons and then doing exercises), then Lernu might suit you well. Lernu will go a bit more in depth, I think. I'm only about halfway through the Lernu course and feel as if I'm approaching the boundaries of what I learned throughout the whole Duolingo course. The Lernu course is really good, though, and I am enjoying it.

Here's what worked for me:

As I went through the Duolingo course, I also listened to podcasts and watched a lot of videos on YouTube, which helped a lot with comprehension. I also spent a lot of time reading Esperanto online in places like Esperanto groups in Facebook and in the Esperanto groups in the app Telegram (list of Esperanto groups at Telegramo.org).

In addition, I used an Esperanto textbook to supplement the Duolingo course. I used the book entitled Esperanto: Learning and Using the International Language by David Richardson. Also, I started reading other fiction books written in Esperanto.

I also started making my own videos on YouTube in order to practice speaking the language. This helped tremendously as I had to learn so many new words just to make the videos, then a bunch more just to understand and respond to comments. Of course, making videos is not for everyone.

Anyway, it might be overload depending on the person, but it's how I went about it.

robbkvasnak (Montri la profilon) 2017-januaro-15 22:07:07

I have had the best success in acquiring new languages by mixing study methods and exposure - plain exposure is very good, even if at the moment you don't think you are getting much out of it - I mean like watching films, going to theater, listening to media, etc in the target language - better yet if you can met speakers face to face who are engaged in speaking the language like people who don't speak your language so that you are forced to communicate in your target language, in groups that use the language and you just try to "hang out" with them (that is how I finally acquired Spanish - after studying books, etc - I found Spanish speaking friends and hung out with them).

mkj1887 (Montri la profilon) 2017-januaro-28 19:06:36

kvdsouza:Hi. I'm learning Esperanto and want to use a mix of Duolingo, Kurso de Esperanto, and Lernu. How long does each material take to complete, and which should I use, Kurso or Lernu?
a related question: https://lernu.net/forumo/temo/19684

xwanxo (Montri la profilon) 2017-februaro-18 16:22:40

Slightly not related but how do I make a forum?

Soja (Montri la profilon) 2017-februaro-19 01:45:43

I am starting to learn but I do not know how to start, can someone tell me please?

Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2017-februaro-19 06:21:46

The previous replies say exactly how.

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