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donaldm :lta, 26. marraskuuta 2010

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donaldm (Näytä profiilli) 26. marraskuuta 2010 16.11.39

Hey, I just joined Lernu because I heard about Esperanto during a French listening exam last year, and I've become really intrigued over the past year. Have you got any advice for a beginner.

Background: I'm a 17 year old high school student in Scotland studying SQA Advanced Highers. Although sticking with sciences, I'm interested in Esperanto because it seems like a better idea than the lingua franca being some national language, such as English.

Thanks in advance =D

roint (Näytä profiilli) 26. marraskuuta 2010 16.35.19

I personally practice by reading things in Esperanto, and when I'm done with a paragraph, re-read it while pronouncing it out-loud. I practiced Esperanto for about a year, then read a book of short stories ("Marvirinstrato", which you can download for free as a PDF or buy on Amazon). I also began listening to radioverda.com, which is always a fun and interesting way to listen to spoken Esperanto, and used the "tujmesaĝilo" at Lernu nearly every day to chat or read people chatting. By the end of the year I could communicate by microphone at places like chatonic.com (unfortunately not used much anymore) or in Skype, which a lot of Esperantists use.

If you have any questions about how to say a phrase or how something works grammatically, just ask someone in a chat room and they will gladly help. Always keep in mind that different aspects of the language are difficult for different nationalities of people, because we all have different things we're used to when speaking (for example, English speakers rely heavily on abstract idioms, which are generally not used in Esperanto)

Post in and read the forums a lot. Good luck!

Balbutanto (Näytä profiilli) 26. marraskuuta 2010 16.42.59

donaldm:Hey, I just joined Lernu because I heard about Esperanto during a French listening exam last year, and I've become really intrigued over the past year. Have you got any advice for a beginner.

Hi there. The best advice I can give you, as a beginner myself, is *Alkroĉu vin*. Hang on! Esperanto is an easy language, but if you're interested in reaching a high level of proficiency, you'll need patience and hard work.

I like listening to the radio in esperanto (especially Radio Verda, but also Radio Esperanto, from Kaliningrad, and I read whatever I can find in the Internet.

You probably know Pasporta Servo? You're young and Europe is next door... You can do a lot of mileage with the Internacia Lingvo sal.gif

donaldm (Näytä profiilli) 26. marraskuuta 2010 16.43.09

Thanks for the advice, I'm gonna start tonight =D

RiotNrrd (Näytä profiilli) 26. marraskuuta 2010 16.49.21

Write as much as you can, as soon as you can.

Reading and listening are fine for getting a passive understanding of the language. But you won't really start learning until you start coming up with your own sentences. Since you (probably) don't have others to practice speaking with, writing is the next best thing.

Miland (Näytä profiilli) 26. marraskuuta 2010 19.56.00

Try some of the beginners' courses e.g. Mi estas komencanto.

custinne (Näytä profiilli) 26. marraskuuta 2010 20.33.47

Miland:Try some of the beginners' courses e.g. Mi estas komencanto.
For my part I must confess a little crush on
Ana Pana
really a excellent course to start with.

erinja (Näytä profiilli) 27. marraskuuta 2010 2.59.12

For more adventures of Ana Pana, download the Libera Esperanto-libro, which has a greatly expanded version of the Ana Pana course, with a longer story and many more exercises. (That's in chapters 4 and 6)

sudanglo (Näytä profiilli) 27. marraskuuta 2010 11.59.05

Donald, You might like to browse the JEB website (the organization for young British Esperantists). They should be able to put you in contact with young Esperantists in Scotland. Here's a link to their forums JEB

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