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Beginner Books

de austin_b, 29 de dezembro de 2012

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austin_b (Mostrar o perfil) 29 de dezembro de 2012 06:03:01

Saluton.

I'm looking for free (or cheap) books as a beginner in Esperanto. I know this site has a list, but I was wondering if any of you could recommend others.

Dankon!

erinja (Mostrar o perfil) 30 de dezembro de 2012 12:25:01

If you purchase books from Esperanto-USA, they usually have some children's books printed in China which are inexpensive.

You don't actually find a huge amount of literature written in Esperanto and aimed at beginners. I think it's because people remain beginners for a relatively short time and they're ready to move to 'normal' Esperanto. There just isn't a huge gulf between 'normal' Esperanto and 'beginner' Esperanto, other than the depth of the vocabulary, so I usually don't suggest spending too much money on things aimed at beginners.

I like books of short stories for beginners. The Esperanto is normal so you'll still enjoy it when you're no longer a beginner, and the stories are short enough that even if you read very slowly and look up a ton of words in the dictionary, it doesn't take you forever and ever to get through ti.

Denaska Kongresano is a nice set of short stories, downloadable for free in PDF format.

What do you normally like reading in English?

bartlett22183 (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de dezembro de 2012 18:52:15

(Obviously I am not the original poster, but I think this query is related.) One question is how one generally finds books written in / translated into Esperanto regarding some genre or other. For example, I like (in English) mysteries / detective novels set in the Middle Ages, whereas another person might prefer romance novels or treatises on nuclear engineering. What is an optimal strategy for finding one's preferred genre, if such works even exist at all?

ratkaptisto (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de dezembro de 2012 20:21:06

La libro de Stano Marcek estas bonega:

http://www.ipernity.com/home/stano.marcek

erinja (Mostrar o perfil) 1 de janeiro de 2013 03:39:49

ratkaptisto, since this is the English forum, please post in English here (or include an English translation with your Esperanto)

Stano's book is a textbook. Or are you aware of a book that he wrote that is simply for reading rather than learning?

I forget whether it's in lernu's list and I can't be bothered to check, but "Karlo" by Edmond Privat is an early Esperanto book aimed at beginners (available at Project Gutenberg here; do a search at Gutenberg for Esperanto and you can find more free books)

I have never read it all the way through but it has comprehension questions at the end of each chapter, which may be helpful.

keithwood57 (Mostrar o perfil) 1 de janeiro de 2013 15:07:09

I wonder if I may pose a question, not entirely on thread, but as ‘Karlo’ was mentioned...
I came across the following sentence in ‘Karlo’:
‘Ĉe la baptotago de Karlo, preskaŭ la tuta familio de Sinjorino Davis ĉeestis...’
(‘On the baptismal day of Charles, almost the entire family of Mrs. Davis was present...’)
Easy enough to translate, of course, but I (and Google translate) are baffled by: ‘baptotago’
Is this acceptable as word in its own right, or is this a misprint for bapto tago?
Keith
(And Happy New Year - Bonan Novjaron)

erinja (Mostrar o perfil) 1 de janeiro de 2013 19:56:37

In English, a noun can describe a noun (woman doctor, Independence Day, house wine, etc). A noun can't describe a noun in Esperanto, so "bapto tago" is ungrammatical.

Your options are to make it a single compound word (baptotago or bapto-tago) or to make the description word into an adjective (bapta tago), or use a "de" construction ("tago de bapto" ). The adjective option can sometimes change the meaning, if the particular noun has a separate adjectival meaning (a word like "hairy" comes to mind - it doesn't mean "for hair" or "relating to hair" )

austin_b (Mostrar o perfil) 3 de janeiro de 2013 05:53:22

erinja:ratkaptisto, since this is the English forum, please post in English here (or include an English translation with your Esperanto)

Stano's book is a textbook. Or are you aware of a book that he wrote that is simply for reading rather than learning?

I forget whether it's in lernu's list and I can't be bothered to check, but "Karlo" by Edmond Privat is an early Esperanto book aimed at beginners (available at Project Gutenberg here; do a search at Gutenberg for Esperanto and you can find more free books)

I have never read it all the way through but it has comprehension questions at the end of each chapter, which may be helpful.
Dankon! I will definitely look into reading that. I have printed out the Cindrulino story by La Fratoj Grimm, but I am not sure if the vocabulary is too large for a beginner. But, I figure the more practice and reading I can do, the better.

Gosudar (Mostrar o perfil) 5 de janeiro de 2013 22:18:56

Claude Piron wrote Lasu Min Paroli Plu!, a series of 35 vignettes that hammer home the same basic vocabulary and grammatical points as Gerda Malaperis! You can find these readings by going to this link, and scrolling down to the Table of Contents/Enhavo. Lasu Min Paroli Plu! is not to be missed by any beginner. It is also available as a printed book, for $19.10, from Esperanto-USA Retbutiko.

Miland (Mostrar o perfil) 5 de janeiro de 2013 23:00:26

Here's some recommendations from the late great Don Harlow's online The Esperanto Book (Appendix 4 has further details):

Piron, Claude: Gerda Malaperis, Vere aŭ fantazie, (as Valano, Johán) Ili Kaptis Elzan!

Baghy, Julio: La Verda Koro

Korenkov, Alexander (ed.): Vivo kaj morto de Wiederboren

Chinese Esperanto Publishing House, Beijing: Rakontoj pri Afanti (Stories about Nasruddin), Saĝo-Sako (Sack of Wisdom), La Feliĉa Birdo (The Happy Bird), La Magia Ŝipo (The Magic Ship), Papilia Fonto (Butterfly Source), Bovisto kaj Teksistino (Cowherd and Weaver Girl), Paŝtisto kaj Feino (Shepherd and Fairy), Rateto Volas Edziniĝi (Little Rat Wants to Marry), Alfluginta Monto (The Mountain That Flew In).

Sten Johansson: La krimo de Katrina, La orpantalono, Inter tero kaj ĉielo, Vojaĝo kun Katrina, Katrina malfruas, Kion ajn.

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