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sudanglo (User's profile) October 25, 2011, 10:18:25 AM
EoMy (User's profile) October 25, 2011, 11:10:06 AM
erinja:My idea was to include in the booklet enough vocabulary and stock phrases that you could put together a broken Esperanto for basic communication -- but also enough grammar (in a separate reference section) that if you wanted to know these grammatical details, it is available to you. Obviously it won't be the PMEG but I'm hoping that you'd be able to use it to reach a B1 level. It will contain a glossary of words that are mathematically the most common in Esperanto, plus additional words relevant to travellers.Congratulations to you Erinja, you might like to contact the Thai Youth Hostel as they have many branches throughout the country. Many times, I could not understand a word from travellers in the hostel. There are Europeans, Japanese, Korea and now Chinese from mainland.
As I can speak simple Thai language, thus not much a problem for me to tour the country
You might like to join the Esperanto en Chonburio, Tajlando,a facebook group a beginner group to help for the test.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Good luck
ceigered (User's profile) October 26, 2011, 4:56:57 AM
erinja:My idea was to include in the booklet enough vocabulary and stock phrases that you could put together a broken Esperanto for basic communication -- but also enough grammar (in a separate reference section) that if you wanted to know these grammatical details, it is available to you. Obviously it won't be the PMEG but I'm hoping that you'd be able to use it to reach a B1 level. It will contain a glossary of words that are mathematically the most common in Esperanto, plus additional words relevant to travellers.That sounds grouse to me, mate
Miland (User's profile) October 26, 2011, 9:31:26 AM
sudanglo:Just out of curiosity, what would the most elegant way of translating 'backpacker'?I would base a translation on dorsosako, e.g. dorsosakulo, dorsosakanto. Perhaps someone who made a lifestyle of it could be dorsosakisto.
Donniedillon (User's profile) October 26, 2011, 2:44:34 PM
sudanglo:Just out of curiosity, what would the most elegant way of translating 'backpacker'?I have done some backpacking in Europe (Italy, France, Belgium, England, Greece), and also have backpacked a few hundred miles of the Appalachian Trail in the US. Very different experiences but both share the same name. In Europe I often heard the term ruck-sack, but in the US I have never heard it used. Instead the term is simply pack or backpack. the Vortaro has Pako listed as a translation for pack. Is pako translated as backpack or am I misunderstanding that one? Could to backpack then be Pakveturi? Could a backpacker then be a Pakveturisto?
I also like the sound of Dorsosakulo. A bit more literal perhaps.
Miland (User's profile) October 26, 2011, 6:48:04 PM
Donniedillon:Could to backpack then be Pakveturi? Could a backpacker then be a Pakveturisto?Not a bad idea, in my view!
erinja (User's profile) October 26, 2011, 7:12:00 PM
In that sense "dorsosakisto" accurately describes a wider range of situations.
Donniedillon (User's profile) October 26, 2011, 7:36:52 PM