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Learning Esperanto... By accident

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Frakseno (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Ntwarante 2009 22:24:35

The postal course, which I found most enjoyable and useful. Both passive and active components.

ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 29 Ntwarante 2009 06:25:27

Frakseno:The postal course, which I found most enjoyable and useful. Both passive and active components.
If you don't mind me asking - what is the deal with postal courses? Are they international things (e.g. an Australian could subscribe to a British one) or only local (I ask because there seem to be better postal courses for different countries or in some cases no postal courses at all in certain countries)?

erinja (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 29 Ntwarante 2009 16:06:46

Ceigered, it depends on the postal course. If it's something that you pay for in advance, maybe you can't do it internationally. The course that I learned from (Free Esperanto Course, you can find all of the lessons online now) was run in the US, but there would be nothing stopping someone from participating internationally. You had to enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope in each lesson when you mailed back your answers, and the course used your own envelope to mail back your correct lesson, along with the next lesson. As long as you included enough postage, nothing would stop an international person from doing the course.

EDIT:
And to answer the original question - I learned Esperanto via the ten-lesson free postal course, in the early/mid 90's. That was the only course I ever took. I practiced the language by communicating with penpals, and later, once my family got internet access, through online chat.

Kraughne (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 30 Ntwarante 2009 08:26:35

ceigered:I reckon for the most part that's what happened to me - just in using the lernu forums, I reckon I've learnt more vocabulary than I could any other way (unless they release Esperanto-dubs of anime).
Anime in Esperanto? That would be so awesome! I love anime, I love Esperanto, so...yeah. Maybe we can get such a dub of Death Note soon. okulumo.gif

ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 30 Ntwarante 2009 09:59:04

Kraughne:
ceigered:I reckon for the most part that's what happened to me - just in using the lernu forums, I reckon I've learnt more vocabulary than I could any other way (unless they release Esperanto-dubs of anime).
Anime in Esperanto? That would be so awesome! I love anime, I love Esperanto, so...yeah. Maybe we can get such a dub of Death Note soon. okulumo.gif
give me the raws, teach me japanese, get me the subbing program and i'm more than willing to do it lango.gif What I would love to do is a fan dub into Esperanto (maybe with subs included), with some passionate voice actors.

ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 30 Ntwarante 2009 10:00:32

ceigered:
Kraughne:
ceigered:I reckon for the most part that's what happened to me - just in using the lernu forums, I reckon I've learnt more vocabulary than I could any other way (unless they release Esperanto-dubs of anime).
Anime in Esperanto? That would be so awesome! I love anime, I love Esperanto, so...yeah. Maybe we can get such a dub of Death Note soon. okulumo.gif
give me the raws, teach me japanese, get me the subbing program and i'm more than willing to do it lango.gif What I would love to do is a fan dub into Esperanto (maybe with subs included), with some passionate voice actors.
EDIT: whoops I was thinking subtitles in the first part not voice dubbing... my bad.

sotobleat (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 22 Ndamukiza 2009 19:06:58

ceigered:just in using the lernu forums, I reckon I've learnt more vocabulary than I could any other way (unless they release Esperanto-dubs of anime).
that would be super helpful

eikored85 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 22 Ndamukiza 2009 20:08:18

Oddly enough, I believe that although my knowledge of Esperanto does not have any one primary source, I do think that the single greatest contributor to my knowledge was the novela, Gerda Malaperis. I learned probably at least a third of my vocabulary from that one book alone, and tightened up my understanding of grammar enough to bring me up to high-beginner/low-intermediate level.

I highly recommend reading that book to all beginners who have completed an introductory course (such as the Free Esperanto Course online)

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