Formal Speech
de LyzTyphone, 2009-aŭgusto-31
Mesaĝoj: 5
Lingvo: English
LyzTyphone (Montri la profilon) 2009-aŭgusto-31 03:12:41
Does there exist a style of speech more formal than what a common Esperantist will use in everyday life?
I though at first that Zam's speeches or those on formal documents might meet the criterion, but I couldn't really distinguish them from our common speech. Maybe because our fellow E-ists have been imitating their classical style ever since the beginning of Esperanto...
Does that mean I will have to resort to the Pra for something equivalent to a formal style in, say, Japanese? Ve...
Miland (Montri la profilon) 2009-aŭgusto-31 09:14:18
LyzTyphone:Does there exist a style of speech more formal than what a common Esperantist will use in everyday life?I believe the answer is 'No'. That is, there are not two Esperantos for expressing the same meaning, one for everyday use and one for formal occasions. Esperantists might use swear words or slang to express emotions, but they are no more good Esperanto than unrefined speech in other languages.
Rogir (Montri la profilon) 2009-aŭgusto-31 09:53:45
LyzTyphone (Montri la profilon) 2009-aŭgusto-31 16:16:47
But I think it is a good point to consider adherence to Fundamento a measure of formality.
Thank you both!
Miland (Montri la profilon) 2009-aŭgusto-31 16:33:54
LyzTyphone:Ok, so to sum it up, Esperanto has two styles, Common and Colloquial, right?I would say that there is only one grammatically correct Esperanto. It's just that in writing something important you should be extra careful to avoid mistakes!