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Learning Esperanto

by Zedwardson, November 6, 2011

Messages: 29

Language: English

qwertz (User's profile) November 12, 2011, 12:46:26 PM

hiyayaywhopee:It's really important, I think, to have someone that you can meet and practice Esperanto with.
That's definitivly the best way to memorize and motivate Esperanto vocabulary with personal experiences.

Zedwardson (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 1:39:26 AM

We will see on finding someone who speaks Eperanto. However I am in the middle of nowhere in the US, and right now I am still getting the Esperanto Grammar rules learned, though I must admit, they are much easier then Latin or Spanish!

Funny enough, my main goal is to be able to read Esperanto Literature and perhaps write literature in Esperanto. Though I understand that speaking it would be a major step forward, but I need to take baby steps as learning a non-native language has always been very difficult for me, but that is why I am enjoying the challenge.

Zedwardson (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 1:52:33 AM

As a question, what do you recommend for a English-Esperanto dictionary?

Miland (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 1:09:08 PM

Zedwardson:As a question, what do you recommend for a English-Esperanto dictionary?
The one by Wells.

erinja (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 2:19:06 PM

There is a uni-directional English to Esperanto dictionary by Benson, which is useful if you are translating into Esperanto.

However, I do not recommend buying it now unless you really need it. I have it on good authority that a new edition is being prepared, and I'd wait till the new one comes out.

Miland (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 5:01:16 PM

erinja:..Benson.. I have it on good authority that a new edition is being prepared..
Ĉu vere! Do you know when it will be published, at least roughly?

erinja (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 5:12:09 PM

Miland:Do you know when it will be published, at least roughly?
I don't know, sorry. The only thing I know is that it's in the editing stages, so the basic text must be ready.

Miland (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 5:29:59 PM

erinja:it's in the editing stages..
If someone has Benson's email address, they should let him know that under "please", plaĉi should be marked as (ntr), not (tr), since it doesn't take a direct object.

sudanglo (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 6:50:43 PM

Oh, that's good news Erinja.

darkweasel (User's profile) November 15, 2011, 7:30:17 PM

Miland:
erinja:it's in the editing stages..
If someone has Benson's email address, they should let him know that under "please", plaĉi should be marked as (ntr), not (tr), since it doesn't take a direct object.
It obviously can (though it rarely does) take an -n, even if you consider it just a replacement for al.

We discussed this about two years ago, here: Plaĉi al mi and/or plaĉi min - seems that in that thread you had a different position to now.

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