Saluton.

Hi folks,

I am a fresh beginner trying to learn Esperanto, I also read Bennys blog on FI3M and am trying to learn fairly quickly due to a gap in my work.
I am a part-time college lecturer and work has just finished until August, (this may sound great but it means I dont get paid until september!), so while I have some time I want to learn as much as possible

I am using memrise to build vocab but have also found 'Kurso de esperanto' and I really like the grammar exercises as I think I am slowly starting to figure it out (my understanding of English grammar is very poor.....)

Anyway, I want to go through the Kurso de esperanto in a short time so would be grateful if I may post my translation exercises here for correction/comments ?

I think the web would get a faster response than the single email address listed in the 'Kurso'

If this is not appropriate please let me know and I'll apologize in advance.

Adbru

I used this linked site when i started learning. He uses 'Kurso de Esperanto' first, then he follows with 'Gerda Malaperas'. After that, he suggested Lernu. He is reasonably quick with answers.

Hi Chrisim,

Thanks for the reply, I had found that site but wasnt sure how quick the response would be.

Its good to hear that he was fairly quick to respond

I have sent of an email and will continue working through the course.
How long did it take you to complete 'Kurso de Esperanto'?

I am lurking in 'tujmesagilo' but am still at the stage of using the dictionary to translate so its very slow to keep up with a conversation !!
Hopefully it will improve over time ....

Thanks again

Adrian

The first few courses took a few hours each, and later ones took a bit longer. i think it took about a month all up, with breaks in between. After 12 months, i went to a few Esperanto events in Europe, which helped a lot. I do recommend the short courses such as SES that is run by Lernu. I don't recommend the Universala Kongreso for beginners.
Most of my current learning is by reading books by Claude Piron. With a kindle and the dictionary that was discussed in a previous post, this has become much easier.

NASK in the USA is also a short course, so if anyone wants to do a course that's slightly more than a week long, in the USA, NASK is an excellent choice.

It's definitely a bit more study-focused than SES, which puts more emphasis on non-study activities, but NASK is still a lot of fun and has excursions and stuff (no concerts, though)