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Esperanto learning motivations

by Psittakos, August 21, 2010

Messages: 70

Language: English

philodice (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 3:42:07 PM

I'm married to a native american, so it is a sensitive subject to believe any language is supreme.
Dakota has 150 words. It is an aglutive language with no irregularities and a good base of speakers. Takes mere weeks to learn. No silent letters. Combine words to make new words. THE easiest language in the world is Dakota. It's fun and easy. Below with Esperanto pronunciation:

"Wasxte. Pa majaza. Lela kata. Pegxuta sapa wacxin." = Good day. My head hurts. Very hot. Medicine black please. (coffee)

For me, Eo is like Dakota and I learn it for the same reason. To connect on a different level with people who may already speak other languages, but meeting somebody half way on language brings friendship to a new level.

mrscruff (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 3:51:42 PM

Philodice, your example of Dakota brings back some fond memories of my grandmother (she was Dutch) trying to order coffee in English. "One diet coffee please!" when she wanted decaf. The waiter she ordered from practically adopted her after that.

I also couldn't have said it better than "meeting somebody half way on language brings friendship to a new level". Absolutely perfect.

qwertz (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 4:42:42 PM

philodice:
It's fun and easy. Below with Esperanto pronunciation:
Apropos, does somebody find new e-o excamples? If yes, please post it.

Miland (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 7:56:57 PM

philodice:Doesn't matter if EO isn't winning any beauty pageants. It stands the test of time.
Well put!
mrscruff:what distinguishes Esperanto from English as an international language is the ideal behind it.
Indeed, you have hit perhaps the most important nail of all on the head. Esperanto is for idealists.

RiotNrrd (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 8:02:11 PM

Miland:Esperanto is for idealists.
I like to think that Esperanto isn't just for idealists. rideto.gif

Miland (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 8:12:45 PM

RiotNrrd:I like to think that Esperanto isn't just for idealists. rideto.gif
Agreed; by "for" I meant "especially suitable for" or even "made for"!

Belmiro (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 8:59:34 PM

qwertz:
Belmiro:Everybody in the world ( I think )speaks with tongue. That is a kind of Esperanto language. (!!!)
Sorry, I don't understand that. Did you mean "Everybody in the world ( I think )speaks with one language(=tongue)."? Could you explain that more in detail?
I beg your pardon. I tried to make a joke with the word. “Tongue” does not means “Language”. Tongue refers to the muscle we have in our mouth. Psittakos used this word instead of “Language”

philodice (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 9:27:07 PM

Belmiro:
qwertz:
Belmiro:Everybody in the world ( I think )speaks with tongue. That is a kind of Esperanto language. (!!!)
Sorry, I don't understand that. Did you mean "Everybody in the world ( I think )speaks with one language(=tongue)."? Could you explain that more in detail?
I beg your pardon. I tried to make a joke with the word. “Tongue” does not means “Language”. Tongue refers to the muscle we have in our mouth. Psittakos used this word instead of “Language”
I understood your joke, belmiro. It was funny!

horsto (User's profile) August 22, 2010, 10:52:32 PM

ceigered:
@Philodice:
All native languages would have to have blood on their hands somewhere, and I believe that as EO gains momentum it will too eventually.
Sorry, but that is really wrong. It are not the "languages who have blood on their hands", it's always the country, or better, the people who have the power.
And the idea of Esperanto is not to eliminate other languages, but to be used as a second language for international communication.
You of course know that, but you nevertheless make such statements. I just wonder why.

ceigered (User's profile) August 23, 2010, 3:30:14 AM

horsto:
ceigered:
@Philodice:
All native languages would have to have blood on their hands somewhere, and I believe that as EO gains momentum it will too eventually.
Sorry, but that is really wrong. It are not the "languages who have blood on their hands", it's always the country, or better, the people who have the power.
And the idea of Esperanto is not to eliminate other languages, but to be used as a second language for international communication.
You of course know that, but you nevertheless make such statements. I just wonder why.
I made the somewhat strange comment to add to philodice's comment because there will be some people who are happy to put blood on the hands of other languages, so I figured, well, if we're gonna go by that logic (that English/French/Spanish/German are guilty somehow), then every language has blood on its hands. But of course that does not affect my opinion of the languages (and of course, it's not the language which kills, it's the people who speak it who do as you said, but out there there seems to be a sentiment amongst some that languages are bloodied in some way, but if we think like that, EO soon too will be "bloodied").

So sorry for my somewhat cryptic messages, at least you understand what my actual opinion is okulumo.gif

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