Ujumbe: 19
Lugha: English
Rope (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 10:03:46 asubuhi
I have been using the Teach yourself Esperanto book (J Cresswell & J Hartley), this is a great book that I have found to be a good text for a novice.
My problem is trying to find the Cassette that went with this book.
I have this morning spoken to the publisher who has not held the book / cassette since 1984.
I have asked who holds the copywrite for the Cassette, and I am told they have no record of the copywrite on said cassette.
Does anyone on Lernu know where I can buy a used copy of the cassette?
This would be most helpfull for my Esperanto studies.
richardhall (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 10:30:52 asubuhi
I'm sorry that I can't help. I've seen 2nd hand copies of TYE on Abebooks and the like, but I don't recall seeing a cassette. But if the publishers aren't interested in the copyright, perhaps if we can track down a copy we could get it put onto CD? There must be several of us who'd be interested.
Rope (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 10:40:15 asubuhi
richardhall:Don't be sorry - it's a reasonable question!Saluton Richard, thanks for the reply.
I'm sorry that I can't help. I've seen 2nd hand copies of TYE on Abebooks and the like, but I don't recall seeing a cassette. But if the publishers aren't interested in the copyright, perhaps if we can track down a copy we could get it put onto CD? There must be several of us who'd be interested.
I just missed out on a Book / Cassette on Ebay.
I do not know if the buyer was a Lernu user, it would be a great help for lerners like me.
erinja (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 2:54:11 alasiri
http://www.soundbooks.com.au/continental/teachyour...
Miland (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 4:14:11 alasiri
Miland (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 4:16:05 alasiri
http://www.esperanto-gb.org/eab/bookshop.htm
erinja (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 5:16:01 alasiri
mnlg (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Julai 2007 10:43:24 alasiri
waxle:I mean, it's difficult to "esperantevangelize" people when there's not really a standard for speech.There is a standard. In the 16 rules, if I am not mistaken, Z lays out enough examples to know how to pronounce the letters correctly. Actually if there's a language without a clear standard for speech, this is English
erinja (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 1 Agosti 2007 12:21:09 asubuhi
For Esperanto, Zamenhof suggested that Italian was a good model for pronunciation.
Within the Esperanto community, Italians and Hungarians are considered to have good accents. English speakers, French speakers, and Danes are widely thought to have poor accents. There are exceptions to all of these generally held beliefs, of course. But you could listen to Italian radio's Esperanto broadcasts
http://www.international.rai.it/radio/multilingue/...
Read the Zamenhof rules, like mnlg suggested. For English speakers in particular, try hard to get the rolled r. Non-English speakers often cannot even hear the presence of an American r in an Esperanto word (at least, this was told to me by a French person). Resist the temptation to make vowels into dipthongs. It's "salono", not "salouxnoux"; "hordeo", not "hordejo". Pronounce all syllables fully and don't let them fall into the weak unstressed schwa that is the American accent - it's parolas, not p'rolauxs.
And finally - relax! Lots of people, including me, learned with no sound files whatsoever, only words on a printed page, and still manage to be understood just fine.
It takes a pretty thick accent to render someone completely non-understandable. If you end up with a Spanish accent, you should be understood perfectly by most people. If you end up speaking just like Arono, you'll be understood perfectly. The consonants are easy, coming from English. Just pay attention to your R's and your vowels, and you'll do just fine.
Kwekubo (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 1 Agosti 2007 12:54:53 asubuhi