Alright...I'm just curious about the Esperanto affixes. Should I take the time to memorize all of them? Or will I pick up on them after I'm exposed to them enough? I know the fairly basic ones like mal-, -ino-, ek-,-ej-..But that's about it. How do you guys learn your affixes?

Also, about vocabulary. I have a pretty good grasp on the grammar of Esperanto, so now I just need to expand my vocabulary. How should I go about doing this? Should I just choose a category everyday and learn vocabulary words related to it? If so, then what are some category suggestions? Or should I just read/write a ton?

Advice, advice, advice!!! Thanks!

Concerning affixes, I suggest working through courses or readers that give you time to absorb them in context, a few at a time. Gerda Malaperis!, for instance should include most if not all of them. A complete summary (with practice material), when you wish to revise all of them, will be found here.

Concerning vocabulary, here's a message I wrote (2009-09-28, 19:57:47) that may help.

Learn them.

Not knowing them will severely hinder your ability to work well in the language, and there really aren't that many of them.

Some of them are hardly ever used, of course, but you'll be able to tell which ones those are by their meanings. I mean, really, how often would you get the opportunity to use "-ing" (indicating something that holds exactly one thing)? So far I've never had to use it. Sure, it's there for that corner case, but if you don't commit that one to memory it probably won't slow you down too much. On the other hand, a suffix like "-il" (a tool) is very broadly applicable, and well worth the time taken to memorize it.

I'd recommend reviewing them every now and then, memorizing the obviously useful ones, and not worrying about the few strangely-too-precise ones.

I don't think I have ever used -ing, nor ever heard anyone use it. It seems to be too rare to be remembered. But I'll try to think of it.