| 单词 | Esperanto |
| 例句 | He knew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well, but he wasn’t yet an alchemist. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As Groucho Marx said, “Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo,” and it’s hard to imagine him saying it in Esperanto. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z First he had studied Esperanto, then the world’s religions, and now it was alchemy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s theories ranged from Esperanto, which he made us study because he thought it was the answer to half the world’s problems, to immaculate conception, which he said wasn’t supported by available biological evidence. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, Esperanto may seem like little more than a colorful historical oddity. For Sarah Bakewell, Nothing Human is Alien 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The language was a mess from start to finish, but having nothing to compare it to except Esperanto, I thought it was the greatest language ever created. “Game of Thrones” wouldn’t be the same without him: Meet the man who made the Dothraki speak 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Esperanto, and other international tongues, are meant to repair the plague of Babel. Elvish, Klingon and Esperanto?Why Do We Love To Invent Languages? 2011-11-16T10:00:27Z It featured wacky names, like Dimwiddle — a Pynchon trademark — and recurring jokes about obscure topics that seemed plucked right out of a Pynchon novel, including riffs on the Esperanto language, vegetarianism and tantric sex. Pynchon Intrigue Abounds Over ‘Cow Country’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z But Mr. Harrison preferred a world with no boundaries, and for that reason championed Esperanto, the artificial international language. Harry Harrison, a Prolific Writer of Satiric Science Fiction, Dies at 87 2012-08-18T02:52:27Z But at one point, she thought she might need to supplement her French, Italian and German sources with some Esperanto. For Sarah Bakewell, Nothing Human is Alien 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The result was an incomprehensible vocal that, in time, would make Ely the most celebrated interpreter of a song which is close to being pop Esperanto. Is This the Dirtiest Song of the Sixties? 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z He was so bored during his service that he learned Esperanto – he was an active Esperantist for the rest of his life. Harry Harrison 1925 - 2012 2012-08-15T12:28:38Z The Esperanto activists are here, as always, waging an uphill battle for their purpose-built international language. France's 24-hour parti people 2010-09-17T16:00:00Z The other enticement here is Harrison’s beguiling, delicate, melodically haunting “La Koro Sutro,” a setting of an Esperanto adaptation of the traditional Buddhist text the Heart Sutra, with the Providence Singers. Classical Playlist: Carl Nielsen, Lou Harrison, Bach and More 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z It speaks a local version of an Esperanto based on the variously conceptual, installation and filmic strategies of 1970s art. Subodh Gupta: ‘Seven Billion Light Years’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Disco has become, in its many forms, a musical Esperanto, which creates a dialogue between multiple genres. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Perhaps the dwindling of regional and national emblems is a good thing, signaling the spread of fashion Esperanto, a message of neutrality carried garment by garment across the globe. Fashion Diary: At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Opening Ceremony Uniforms Looked One and the Same 2014-02-12T21:58:09Z He reads Sussudio as a searing indictment of capitalist aggression, particularly because its chorus is written in Esperanto or whatever.” Donald Trump rocks to the left with REM songjacked 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Nineteenth century idealists created international languages they hoped would unite the world, though only Esperanto is spoken by more than a handful of people today. How a community of obscure language inventors made it big with ‘Game of Thrones’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Esperanto was probably never destined to be anybody’s first language, but it’s still some people’s second language. Elvish, Klingon and Esperanto?Why Do We Love To Invent Languages? 2011-11-16T10:00:27Z When Interpol was first being planned in 1914, French was chosen as the designated language — but organizers also believed Esperanto could be a viable alternative in the future. Red notice: 10 fascinating facts about Interpol 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Esperanto failed to catch on, either as a universal second language or as the preferred communication of Interpol. Red notice: 10 fascinating facts about Interpol 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z In countries that do not use the Roman alphabet he substitutes Esperanto. Art In Review: On Kawara?s ?Date Painting(s)? at David Zwirner Gallery 2012-02-02T23:54:04Z Supporters of Esperanto believe it could someday reduce miscommunication and, by extension, promote world peace. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z While Esperanto struggles for credibility, some economists seriously consider how a one-world currency might happen, albeit in a highly theoretical future. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z The charismatic philosopher Elbert Hubbard enthralled woodcarvers at his Roycroft campus near Buffalo, and the sculptor Frank Stephens helped found a Delaware town named Arden, where artisans spoke Esperanto and occasionally lived in tents. Antiques: Renderings in the Sand 2011-05-06T06:15:08Z Pasolini's most zealous attacks were targeted at TV, which, he believed, had replaced Italy's dialects with a consumer Esperanto of garbled Americanisms and other linguistic imports. Pier Paolo Pasolini: No saint 2013-02-22T11:01:01Z The idea can be likened to the constructed language of Esperanto—one common tongue for all humankind. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z At the top of the second act George invites us to join in as he imparts a few useful phrases in Esperanto. | 'The Language Archive': A Linguist at a Loss for Words Regarding Love 2010-10-17T22:14:00Z There’s no real conviction in it: the younger actors sound as if they’re speaking Esperanto; the older ones look weary and dazed, as if they were struggling to awaken from a long, long spell. Arts & Leisure: ?Mirror Mirror,? ?Grimm? and Hollywood Love for Fairy Tales 2012-03-21T12:00:11Z In the 1870s, a Polish doctor invented Esperanto, meant to be a simplified international language that would bring world peace. In ?Game of Thrones,? a Language to Make the World Feel Real 2011-12-11T22:17:16Z Marhoul, who also wrote the script, said he specifically chose a kind of Slavic Esperanto, a created language, for the villagers’ dialogue. 'The Painted Bird' tells 'timeless' story of survival in dark times 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z He was often treated as an outsider artist for his protean interests, which included Indonesian gamelans, Esperanto and microtones. Essential Arts & Culture: Björk-apalooza, a master of theater, architecting L.A.'s newest museum 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z English might one day fulfil the destiny intended for Esperanto. English becomes Esperanto 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z This pianist just released “Enamigo Reciprokataj,” a debut album with a double meaning: Translated from Esperanto, its title can mean “Reciprocal Love” or “Mutual Breakdown.” 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Thank goodness for the handshake, the Esperanto of greetings. Perspective | The handshake will return. It’s too much a part of who we are. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z There are cameos from sporting stars, who all deliver their lines like they’re translating them to English from Esperanto on the fly. Is See You Soon the most hilariously awful film of the year? 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z He has starred in the only full-length movie ever made in Esperanto. Review | At 87, William Shatner has advice on how to live well. Should we listen? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Arriving this week on Seattle stages: a play partly written in Esperanto, a romp with J.S. Music rivals, Esperanto and new works on Seattle stages 2013-05-16T19:35:10Z A conlang could be Esperanto, the creation of a Polish physician that some want to see adopted as a universal language, rebuilding the Tower of Babel. New Dictionary Additions: 7 Useful Words You Probably Don't Know 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Scene after scene is lined out in that Esperanto of Expositional Narrative 101. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z But actually doing so feels about as natural to me as speaking Esperanto. Modern Love: Casting Call: Bit Player, Male 2011-03-10T22:08:55Z He practiced sign language and espoused the universal language of Esperanto. The 24-hour Joshua Tree party to celebrate Lou Harrison's 100th birthday 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z He purposefully chose a version of the sutra that had been translated into Esperanto, a synthetic language created in the late 1880s in an attempt to facilitate universal communication. America’s Quintessential Maverick Composer, at 100 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The sign of the devil's horns is a physical Esperanto more easily understood than any other gesture save, perhaps, the raised middle finger. Definitive Dio 2010-05-17T11:33:00Z Sometimes I receive letters and emails which are so badly written they read like drunken Esperanto. Is good grammar still important? 2013-05-11T23:06:18Z “Puchner’s enthusiasm … inspires illuminating detours into subjects like the history of Esperanto and the birth of simultaneous interpretation at the Nuremberg trials.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z You can find traces of it in the world-conquering Esperanto of computer coding and in the algorithms behind artificial intelligence. Review | Two visionary women ignite the Guggenheim 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z A standing credit line in renminbi is the financial equivalent of fluency in Esperanto. Opinion | Ignore the naysayers. Dollar dominance is here to stay. 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Esperanto, the language of the future, never managed to become an official language in any country. Opinion | Bitcoin Cosplay Is Getting Real 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Last fall, Mr. Trump misspelled his defense secretary’s name in a tweet, referring to him as Mark Esperanto. Milley, America’s Top General, Walks Into a Political Battle 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Esperanto was invented in 1887 and was designed to become a universal second language to promote world peace and break down language barriers. Can language learning apps replace the classroom? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z His own recent tweets included that doozy that identified his defense secretary not as Mark Esper but as Mark Esperanto, a mistake too grand to be chalked up to autocorrect. Opinion | ‘Human Scum,’ ‘Lynching’ and Trump’s Tortured English 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z The president eventually deleted this, probably because his Defense secretary’s name is Mark Esper, not Mark Esperanto. Why does Trump think we've 'taken control' of Middle Eastern oil? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z That last tweet originally gave the defense secretary's last name as "Esperanto," sparking no end of humor on social media. His own minister of propaganda: With the Syria debacle, Trump's lying tweets hit new low 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “Mark Esperanto, Secretary of Defense, ‘The cease-fire is holding up very nicely. Pentagon Chief Makes Unannounced Visit to Afghanistan, and Pelosi Does the Same 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z “Mark Esperanto, Secretary of Defense, ‘The ceasefire is holding up very nicely. Mark Esperanto? Trump misnames his defense secretary in tweet 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z In his first version of the tweet, the president typed Mark Esper’s name as Mark Esperanto. Mick Mulvaney seeks Trump damage control over impeachment and more 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z In a tweet, later deleted, President Trump quoted Mr Esper - whom he referred to as Mark Esperanto - as saying that the ceasefire was "holding up very nicely". US troops leaving Syria will go to Iraq - official 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Esperanto, invented in the late 19th Century as a "universal second language to foster peace and international understanding", is spoken by about two million speakers worldwide, according to language database Ethnologue. Convention marks Game of Thrones lingo 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z That the basics paved his path to working at Buddakan convinced me, once again, that they are the Esperanto of the pastry world. France Meets China in a Luxurious Custard 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Too often, perhaps, silence is being rolled out as some good-for-all-occasions spiritual Esperanto, as something that has all the supposed gravitas of prayer but without any of the troubling religious content. Is it time to give the overworked one-minute’s silence a rest? | Giles Fraser 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z These trees on the Esperanto Farm produce Pink Lady apples, a coveted variety exported thousands of miles to the UK and Europe. How Cape Town was saved from running out of water 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Google has succeeded where Genghis Khan, communism and Esperanto all failed: It dominates the globe. The Case Against Google 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z “Saluton,” was how members of the Esperanto Society of New York greeted each other as they arrived at their holiday party in Midtown Manhattan. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z In one essay, he burrows into the origins of Esperanto, roams through the history and expounds upon its current state, all with poetic prose. Tammet takes readers on thought-provoking tour of words 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z I say, “Well, you could talk about football, that’s Esperanto for most men.” Russell Brand: ‘I was a needy person. I'm less mad now’ 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Zhou was spared mainly because of his friendship with Zhou Enlai, by then China’s premier and who recalled the economist’s fascination with linguistics and Esperanto, the global lingua franca. Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernize China, dies at 111 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The language called Esperanto was born of such considerations, and one more—the so-called Jewish question. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The musical playlist was compiled by Robin Hill, 28, a computer programmer who took suggestions from other Esperanto speakers on social media. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Her work quotes from a wide range of utopian Modernisms: the Russian avant-garde, Bauhaus, Esperanto, Polish cabaret theater. Poland’s Most Optimistic, Backward-Looking Artist 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He married Elisabeth Langreiner, whom he had met through the movement to spread Esperanto, a language developed in the 19th century to encourage global communication. Reinhard Selten, Whose Strides in Game Theory Led to a Nobel, Dies at 85 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z His screeds and factually challenged bloviating are their Esperanto. Conservatism in the Age of Obama: Trump’s violent rhetoric against Hillary has been festering for years within the GOP 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Maybe he was right, if the people were Western, because Esperanto is closely based on Indo-European languages, or the ones that Zamenhof knew best. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Like many members, Ms. Brown learned Esperanto online, while older members learned it from books and courses. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “Esperanto people were drawn to this vision of world harmony,” she says. The Serious History Behind Esperanto 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z But that’s what you get with modern water-cooler dramas, which so often work as an aesthetic Esperanto that lets us talk about politics without fighting about the news. The Political Resonance of “Game of Thrones” 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z It inspired tourists and anarchists - and utopian enthusiasts for the world language Esperanto - before succumbing to another round of the European bloodshed that gave it birth. Europe's neutral anomaly fetes 200 years beyond borders 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Esperanto does not stray far from those sources. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Arthur Bonetti, 54, said that growing up in Brooklyn, he learned Esperanto partly by tuning his shortwave radio into Esperanto broadcasts from faraway places such as Havana, Moscow and Switzerland. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Esperanto wasn’t the first invented language of its time. The Serious History Behind Esperanto 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z “Most of the play was in Esperanto,” he said. Why Is the Spanish Government Afraid of a Puppet Show? 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z As the mine declined, the ever enterprising Dr. Molly sought to make Neutral Moresnet a center for Esperanto, an artificial "world language" intended to promote peace. Europe's neutral anomaly fetes 200 years beyond borders 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z She quotes a letter in which Zamenhof tells a friend that, in using Esperanto, he eventually stopped translating in his head and began to think in the language. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The older Mr. Soros joined the Esperanto Society of New York after he moved here in the 1950s. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “Conservation was an afterthought on political platforms,” he continued, “slightly ahead of Esperanto and a single tax.” Henry Diamond, Lawyer at Forefront of Conservation Movement, Dies at 83 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z He has gone where no man has gone before, chased down criminals in an unnamed city strangely resembling Los Angeles and fought off demons while speaking Esperanto. William Shatner brings one-man show ‘Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It’ to D.C. 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Art is the true Esperanto, the one form of culture that is genuinely beyond national limitations. Art is universal – no country should claim a masterpiece for their own 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But Zamenhof did not put together Esperanto in order to show that he could invent a language. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Soskina said she began speaking Esperanto in her youth in Latvia where she met her husband at an Esperanto club. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Either way, DuoLingo is as fun as any mobile game going, with bonus points for teaching people everything from Esperanto to Ukranian. 6 Must-Have Back to School Apps 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z And as Marc, he embodied a near-saintly target of demonic destruction in 1966’s “Incubus,” a low-budget horror movie filmed in the artificial language of Esperanto. William Shatner brings one-man show ‘Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It’ to D.C. 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Esperanto is supposed to be the perfect language. The Weekender: Sundar Pichai, Oculus Rift, and an artificial language 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z In the end, he had decided that if the others wanted to regard Esperanto as a neutral business that was their private affair. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z “Esperanto is my life — I’ve met all my friends through it,” she said. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Linguistically, the language is the exact opposite of Esperanto. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Worst of all, Esperanto is the official language of Britain. Pope Francis, science fiction lover 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z But Esperanto’s creator might be particularly disappointed by one of the most recent new languages: Dothraki, created for the warlike characters in “Game of Thrones.” Latest News: Australia Hostages, Government Spending Bill, Dick Cheney 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In his adult years, when he was head of the Esperanto movement, he balanced this with a full-time ophthalmology practice. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Through her Esperanto connections, she applied for a job at the United Nations, where she still works. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The League of Nations almost adopted Esperanto, but the idea was shot down by the French delegate. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Already fluent in Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish and Russian, he sat at his kitchen table late into the night, teaching himself Esperanto by candlelight, then Spanish, French and German. The real Jewish treasures of World War Two 2013-11-10T01:20:20Z Proponents of the language say up to two million people worldwide know Esperanto today. Latest News: Australia Hostages, Government Spending Bill, Dick Cheney 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z But Schor believes that it is precisely this division—the great political quarrel of our time—that Esperanto may be able to heal, by reconnecting us, through a common language, to a shared earth. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Kaczmarska said that Zamenhof Day was a bonus in her holiday season, and a chance to honor Esperanto and her countryman who created it. Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Zamenhof was Jewish, so Adolf Hitler denounced Esperanto as a language designed to unify the Jewish diaspora, and the Nazis were officially anti-Esperanto. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The passport has text in seven languages, including Esperanto, the artificial international language. Garry Davis, Man of No Nation Who Saw One World of No War, Dies at 91 2013-07-29T02:52:26Z Google says traffic for Latin translations is higher than for Esperanto. The revival of Latin: Resurrexit vere 2013-07-25T14:59:45Z Of course, there was fighting in Esperanto’s early years, too. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z I am a retired psychiatrist, 78 years old, moderately skilled in German and fluent in Esperanto. The science of love: One look is all it took 2013-07-08T17:50:15Z The summer after Models of Mind, he went to Esperanto meetings in New York and San Francisco. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z His father, Tivadar Schwartz, was a lawyer and intellectual who had been imprisoned in a Siberian labour camp at the end of the first world war and became a committed internationalist, editing an Esperanto magazine. Paul Soros obituary 2013-06-26T11:13:15Z Google offers translations to and from the “universal language” Esperanto . Bing releases translation tool for Klingon 2013-05-14T21:04:00Z In the twenty years following the end of the U.S.S.R., the Universal Esperanto Association’s membership fell by nearly sixty per cent. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z He taught his daughters at home – the curriculum included Esperanto – and drilled chess into them from an early age. Judit Polgar: 'Everything was about chess' 2012-11-12T19:30:02Z The following fall, he tapped the Esperanto network to find a place to stay during a board game fair in Essen, Germany. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The line grew outside Esperanto, a brightly lighted restaurant between the bars. Near Saratoga Race Course, Streets Buzz With Stories 2012-08-25T02:59:10Z Analyst Esperanto aside, expect to hear about this for years. Libor, the New Asbestos 2012-08-01T10:03:15Z Next to English, Esperanto looks like a very small thing. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Yet, they conclude, “an Esperanto of civility prevails on its sidewalks.” Bookshelf: Accessing ?The Gods of Gotham,? ?Pax Ethnica? and ?Freedom?s Gardener? 2012-03-10T06:35:59Z So when Duolingo launched in 2012, Smith was one of the thousands who requested Esperanto for the new, free, and intentionally addictive language learning program. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “I can speak freely in six,” including Esperanto, he said. A Teenage Master of Languages Finds Online Fellowship 2012-03-09T18:53:15Z “So we looked it up in Esperanto—the only attempt at a world-language of which we know, and in which my father is interested.” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z She is faithful to Zamenhof, to the idea that Esperanto is not so much a language as the bearer of an idea. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z In 2008, he published a paper in The Journal of Neural Engineering, which proposed a kind of Esperanto for man to converse with machine. Inquiry: The Cyborg in Us All 2011-09-17T04:33:56Z Duolingo eventually tapped Smith to be Team Leader for the development of the Esperanto course that went live yesterday. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Esperanto is fairly harmonious by neoglossal standards, though splenetic rows sputter between “conlangers”, who think made-up tongues are just for fun, and the “auxlangers”, who are serious about substituting for English. Invented languages: Tongues and grooves 2011-08-03T19:17:45Z It has triumphed where Latin, French and the artificial language of Esperanto all ultimately failed, and become the natural medium of global communication. Why do some Americanisms irritate people? 2011-07-13T10:41:51Z Zamenhof was in his twenties when all this happened, and for a while, before devoting himself to the cause of Esperanto, he was an enthusiastic Zionist. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Suppose that Abdul Baha decides on Esperanto, as he seems inclined to do, then will it be heresy for some one to invent a language as much superior to Esperanto as it is to Volapuk? Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z He’s the public face of tech Esperanto in many ways, serving time as a guest on podcasts and logging many thousands of words on his own Esperanto-centric blog on Transparent Language. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z One old Australian of fifty, who had always lived, and would continue to live, in the back of beyond, studied simultaneously French, Norwegian, and Esperanto. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z The most thorough and extended system of Esperanto which ever existed, so far as my knowledge goes, was spoken on this Coast. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z These words can now be found in Esperanto dictionaries, but you didn’t have to wait for permission: Esperantists were invited to construct words, and they did. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The Sunday-school held at an earlier hour, I learned, was a class in Esperanto. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z And Esperanto is the ideal language for shamelessness: it’s simple, and almost everyone is a relative newcomer. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Esperanto, an artificial language for international use invented by Dr. Zamenhof of Warsaw, who first published an account of it in 1887. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Esperanto is the International Auxiliary Language created by Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, a doctor of medicine, residing at Warsaw, Poland. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The compounds give Esperanto a playful, almost childlike, character. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z In summing up the merits and defects of Esperanto we must begin by admitting that it is the most reasonable and practical artificial language that has yet appeared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Esperanto, of course, was designed precisely to transcend linguistic nationalism and ultimately avoid conflict, but the end result is similar: a small group of people intensely invested in seeing their language spread. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z I tried a drug store, where a gentle pharmacist listened awhile to my French, then dug out from the back of a lower drawer a circular on Esperanto. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Esperanto was first introduced into Great Britain by Mr. Joseph Rhodes, of Keighley, Yorkshire, who formed the first group in that town in 1902. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z If, today, you go to YouTube and listen to people who have spoken Esperanto from early childhood, you will hear something that sounds vaguely Eastern European and, though unmusical, perfectly O.K. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the following paradigm will show how faithfully Esperanto can reproduce the defects of conventional European grammar:— Singular. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The word Esperanto, after all, means "one who hopes." Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Partly through his zeal for Esperanto and partly through his passion for a "Free Russia", he was particularly keen to meet Stepniak. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Ph.D., which resulted in the foundation of the present London Esperanto Club. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z But the history of Esperanto has been far from smooth. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z A comment that implies there is no culture or literature in Esperanto is wide of the mark.There are tens of thousands of books, hundreds of magazines , a huge amount of poetry. Spread the word 2010-12-20T01:04:44Z Like every Esperantist I spoke with, the radiant chumminess of the Esperanto world drew Smith in. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z In the United Kingdom for example has just started advertising in Esperanto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcotIKtONCA#t=00m32s Brian Barker – London — Brian Barker Thanks for the story, shame about the sneering tone. City Room: How Do You Say 'Billionaire' in Esperanto? 2010-12-16T21:36:41Z I hope that those who take up this Commentary on Esperanto will not think it necessary to wade through all its pages before they can read and write the language. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Not only did the Congress Committee pressure him to tone down his address; it also issued a declaration that moral commitments had no bearing on Esperanto. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z I am in deep sympathy with the people who invented Volapuk, and are trying to invent Esperanto. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise While Esperanto became more digital, Smith dug deeper into Esperanto’s real-world organizations. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The man in the poster is L. L. Zamenhof, Esperanto’s creator. City Room: How Do You Say 'Billionaire' in Esperanto? 2010-12-16T21:36:41Z Esperanto, although so extraordinarily easy to learn, has, like every national language, a certain style and elegance of expression of its own. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z At the conference after that, in Cambridge, in 1907, he said flatly that Esperanto would “become a school for future brotherly humanity.” A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z But what about the leer when it has been isolated—when it has no more connection with art or literature than with Esperanto? The Book of This and That The late 19th century was the heyday of the artificial language, and before Esperanto, an artificial language called Volapük was all the rage, with almost a million speakers across Europe. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Though it never caught on as widely as its inventor, L. L. Zamenhof, hoped and did little to tamp down two world wars, Esperanto still has its followers and fans. City Room: How Do You Say 'Billionaire' in Esperanto? 2010-12-16T21:36:41Z At both of these conferences, Esperanto was the only language used. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z His Aunt Nellie had a lover who headed the Esperanto movement for some years in the twenties and thirties, and Orwell spent a lot of time with them in Paris during that period. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z This year a course in Esperanto, the proposed world-language, was conducted, and the second Esperanto Congress of America was held at Chautauqua. The Story of Chautauqua Mostly, though, Esperanto survived the 20th century on the strength of the local clubs and spread by chance encounters and word of mouth. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “The Koran in Esperanto is one of our nicest works,” said Neil Blonstein, the retired teacher who runs the Universal Esperanto Association and organized Wednesday’s symposium. City Room: How Do You Say 'Billionaire' in Esperanto? 2010-12-16T21:36:41Z Such a key, alphabetically arranged, would enable anyone possessing the key, giving the meaning of the elements in his own language, to understand without further ado a letter written in Esperanto. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Esperanto saw no end of sects, schisms, secessions, coups. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z "I'd like a word with you," he said, speaking English rather than Esperanto. The Ambassador He attended conferences, backpacked across Europe and stayed only with Esperantists, and started working at various Esperanto organizations in Europe and Canada. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Two Scandinavian masters and a Spaniard listen with intent preoccupation to the lecture—a recital in English, familiar to them as the Esperanto of the sea. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war He prepared the manuscript of his first brochure, "An International Language, by Dr. Esperanto, Preface and Full Manual," and sought out a publisher. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Zamenhof had hoped that the United States would become the headquarters of Esperanto. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z My sweet," said the Russian in intensely Oxford Esperanto, "you and your friend's"—with another bow toward Lindsay—"little affair at the Pelican was witnessed this evening. The Ambassador On a recent Friday evening, the Esperanto Society of New York convened in a rowhouse on Manhattan’s East 35th Street. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z In the Code of Signals we had a language of our own, more immediate and attractive than Volapük or Esperanto. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war He had "crossed the Rubicon," and Esperanto was given to the World! The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The fall of the Soviet Union, by letting the steam out of Communism, greatly weakened the Esperanto movement. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z “Timerio,” which is simpler than Esperanto, “will enable citizens of all nations to understand one another, provided they can read and write.” The So-called Human Race William Auld, the Modernist Scottish poet who wrote his greatest work in Esperanto, was nominated for the Nobel Prize multiple times, but never won. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z One of these is Esperanto, which is his hobby. Letters from China and Japan The most skilled Esperantists have had these thoughts, and have wasted valuable time in thinking them out, only to find at last that the more they studied Esperanto, the less they found it needed alteration. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z More recently, the rise of the Internet has changed the profile of Esperanto, albeit in ambiguous ways. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Jason answered in correct Esperanto that Ch'aka seemed to understand well enough, because he grunted and dug through the contents of the basket. The Ethical Engineer He believes in Esperanto as a springboard to other languages so much that he convinced his girlfriend to learn Esperanto as her first foreign language, and filmed every minute of her progress. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Yet such th’ Effect on merely human Wit, That Esperanto is a Joke to it. The Casual Ward academic and other oddments Note.—Esperanto vowels are very similar in sound to those in German and Spanish, and in the Italian do, re, mi, fa. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Above all, she attacks the idea that the Boulogne Congress Committee tried to force down Zamenhof’s throat: that Esperanto is essentially nonpolitical. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z It's a corrupt form of Esperanto, the language all the Terido worlds speak. The Ethical Engineer He compared Esperanto to Bislama, the language of the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Actually, any one of them would possibly do, but we have a head start with Esperanto. Border, Breed Nor Birth In other words, make certain that you understand the exact meaning of the Esperanto root; and be careful not to be misled by the fact that many English words have a number of different meanings. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z To readers today, Esperanto may look quite political, and not necessarily in an appealing way. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The most diverse races already speak English, and all might learn Esperanto. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study It’s only ever been spoken by an assortment of fans and true believers spread across the globe, but to speak Esperanto is to become an automatic citizen in the most welcoming non-nation on Earth. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z We make it a rule that every school, both locally taught and foreign, must teach Esperanto as a required subject. Border, Breed Nor Birth When L is substituted it will be observed that the English prefix EX means "out of," and that, therefore, Esperanto logically uses the preposition EL, meaning "out of," as the prefix. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z What really matters is the Bill of Fare of the President's dinner, which was printed in Esperanto and ran as follows:— Turtle Dove Soup. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 Something has gone wrong with the telephone-wire between there and Staff headquarters, and I can't get anything through but Volapuk or Esperanto. The Dop Doctor It sounds hokey, but this is the central appeal of Esperanto. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z In the second place, he spoke only Esperanto to foreigners. Border, Breed Nor Birth Beginners should always consult an Esperanto Dictionary if they have any doubt as to internationality or spelling. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z They would speak Latin as a sort of Esperanto, and drink enormous quantities of good beer. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The universal language of humanity is neither Volapuk, nor Esperanto, nor Ido. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance Esperanto was a fresh start, a technology that would allow its speakers to sidestep the difficulties of natural languages altogether. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z For instance, spelling and pronunciation are absolutely phonetic in Esperanto and there are only five vowel sounds where most national languages have twenty or so. Border, Breed Nor Birth Elision is not common in Esperanto, except in poetry, where it is used, when required, for the purpose of rhythm. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z And the next stage is the spirit of world citizenship … which, in the course of many, many years, together, possibly, with the development of Esperanto, means the brotherhood of men…. The School and the World English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Must permission be obtained to photograph? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation But Chuck Smith is thinking bigger: "I keep saying that, by the end of the year, over 200,000 people will be learning Esperanto on Duolingo." Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z "There are probably hundreds of thousands of persons in one part of the world or another who can get along in Esperanto." Border, Breed Nor Birth A slightly different order in Esperanto sometimes makes an expression more elegant but this is generally owing to harmony of sound rather than grammatical construction. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z But, like Volapük, Esperanto found its great apostle in France. The Task of Social Hygiene English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Is there an English church here? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Smith didn’t pursue that idea beyond the class, but he did pursue Esperanto. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z But if you adapt Esperanto as an official language then everybody is going to have to learn something new. Border, Breed Nor Birth Participial Adjectives.—Participles are often used in Esperanto to qualify nouns and pronouns, and they are then in reality true adjectives. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z M. Louis de Beaufront brought his high ability and immense enthusiasm to the work of propaganda, and the success of Esperanto in the world is attributed in large measure to him. The Task of Social Hygiene It may be obtained of any Esperanto bookseller. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Esperanto is the 13th language to be offered, chosen over many others with speaking populations 10 times larger. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Isobel said thoughtfully, "Well, it's a darn sight easier to learn Esperanto than any other language we decided to make official." Border, Breed Nor Birth There is but one auxiliary verb in Esperanto, esti = to be. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z It is generally recognized that Esperanto represents a great advance on Volapük. The Task of Social Hygiene Esperanto, every letter, whether vowel or consonant, is sounded. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation If just those people complete the course, that would qualify as an Esperanto baby boom. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The big item is that any averagely intelligent person can begin speaking Esperanto within a few hours. Border, Breed Nor Birth In Esperanto the infinitive is almost always used without a preposition, whereas in English the preposition "to" nearly always precedes the verb. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z All these writers reject as impracticable the adoption of either English or French as the auxiliary international language, and view with more favour the adoption of an artificial language such as Esperanto. The Task of Social Hygiene The Definite Article the is in Esperanto represented by la. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation But merely because the English language has such ungainly developments, we are not likely to surrender it and adopt instead a modern language made to order, like Esperanto. Christianity and Progress There are none of these irregularities in Esperanto. Border, Breed Nor Birth The Indicative is therefore obligatory in Esperanto after verbs, adjectives, participles, and nouns expressing in a positive manner what one thinks or feels about an act presented as certain. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The most serious attack on Esperanto has come from within. The Task of Social Hygiene The Indefinite Article a is not expressed in Esperanto. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation But the main idea held good; and since that time Volapuk, Bolak, Esperanto and Ido have appeared, but without meeting with great success. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's "If El Hassan, himself, refused in the presence of foreigners ever to speak anything but Esperanto, the aura of mystery would continue." Border, Breed Nor Birth In English the pluperfect, future, and future perfect tenses of the Subjunctive mood represent the Conditional mood in Esperanto. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The extension of Esperanto is now threatening to rival that of Volapük. The Task of Social Hygiene In Esperanto every noun in the singular ends in o. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation The difficulty of language, as French, English, Portuguese, and Dutch were equally spoken, was overcome by the invention of a new language, a kind of Esperanto, which was built up of words from all four. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers It should therefore be retained in use as a sort of musical Esperanto. Music Notation and Terminology After the conjunction "if," expressing a supposition, both the chief and dependent propositions are in the Conditional mood in Esperanto, when the act is conditional. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Thou hast written regarding the language of Esperanto. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas Every Esperanto verb has three Moods—the Conditional, the Imperative, and the Infinitive, which are formed respectively by means of the endings -us, -u, and -i. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Our hope is that among the people the Esperanto language may hereafter have a powerful effect. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Esperanto has been drawn up with this end in view: it is a fine invention and a splendid piece of work, but it needs perfecting. Paris Talks In the sentence, "Swimming in the lake, the man saw a large swan," it is not clear whether the man or the swan was swimming, but in Esperanto there is no ambiguity. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The number of Bahá’í books and pamphlets for the blind transcribed into Braille, English, Esperanto, German, Japanese, now totals over a hundred and ten. Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957 Esperanto, as is largely the case in English, the mood and tense endings of the verb do not vary according to person or number. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation He would not advise you to teach them Esperanto, as we have no way of knowing whether it will ultimately be chosen as the auxiliary language of the world. High Endeavours: Messages to Alaska Esperanto as it stands is very difficult for some people. Paris Talks Such words have, in Esperanto, an adjectival as well as a participial form, and we must be careful to use the right one in accordance with the sense. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z As early as 1925, communities in a number of cities had instituted classes in Esperanto, in response to their awareness of the Bahá’í teaching that some form of auxiliary international language must be adopted. Century of Light There are in Esperanto six participles, three active and three passive, corresponding to three tenses. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation It is good to know that Esperanto is increasingly studied in New Zealand. Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand Therefore appreciate ‘Esperanto’, for it is the beginning of the carrying out of one of the most important of the Laws of Bahá’u’lláh, and it must continue to be improved and perfected. Paris Talks The compound tenses are seldom used in Esperanto, and their use is to be avoided if the simple tenses suffice to convey our meaning. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z A friend enquired concerning Bahá’u’lláh’s prophecy in the Words of Paradise, that a universal language would be formed, and desired to know if Esperanto would be the language chosen. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London In Esperanto, Adverbs are denoted by the ending -e, and may be placed in any position, either before or after the verb. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation He has been specially urging the friends to have the Cause well represented in all Esperanto Congresses and associations, and by this means cultivate greater friendship and cooperation between them and the Esperantists. The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2) With untiring effort and self-sacrifice on the part of its devotees Esperanto will become universal. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Since esti is the only auxiliary verb used in Esperanto, it represents the two English auxiliaries, "to be" and "to have"; we must, therefore, translate it accordingly. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z It is curious to notice that the apparently innocent invention of Esperanto receives support from the same quarter. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements In Esperanto, on the contrary, every preposition, with the exception of the word je, has one precise and fixed meaning. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation As to your suggestion regarding a more widespread use of the Esperanto among the Bahá’ís as a medium of correspondence. The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2) Dr. Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto, had to battle for his wonderful international language against the same sort of ridicule, contempt, and stupid opposition which greeted Columbus, Galvani, and Stephenson. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Esperanto follows international usage in giving such verbs one meaning only, either transitive or intransitive. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z They spoke at first only in that lovers' Esperanto which is made up of fond kisses and low murmurs and soft caresses. The Sheriff's Son Note that in Esperanto the verb is put in the exact time or tense used by the speaker. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Abdu’l-Bahá, ever stated that Esperanto will be the international auxiliary language. The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2) Even Esperanto, which was given to the world so recently as 1887, has had its martyrs. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era When used as auxiliary verbs, they can be expressed by the Esperanto Imperative mood. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z They speak flawless English — and Spanish and Cantonese and Esperanto and Navajo, just pick a channel — and they use a beautiful bugout contralto like a newscaster who started out as an opera singer. Shadow of the Mothaship In Esperanto, considerable use is made of prefixes and suffixes, every one of which has a clear, fixed meaning. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation This seems the best place to deal with a criticism of Esperanto which has an air of plausibility. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Therefore I hope that you will make the utmost effort, so that this language of Esperanto may be widely spread. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era When they express "wish," the Esperanto Imperative is also used. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z So far, I'd done French, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Physics and Astrophysics, Esperanto, Cantonese and Mandarin, and an alien language whose name translated as "Standard." A Place so Foreign Great economy of vocabulary is thus effected, one root-word in Esperanto sufficing, when modified by suitable affixes, to translate many English words. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation The functions of the committee do not include the making of any alteration whatever in the Esperanto part of the Fundamento de Esperanto, which is equally sacrosanct for it and for all Esperantists. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Now, praise be to God that Dr. Zamenhof28 has invented the Esperanto language. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era In such cases one must, in Esperanto, use not the future, but the imperative, or some word expressing "will" or "determination." The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Yes; no matter where you may go, if you know Esperanto, you shall not be a foreigner anywhere. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education In Esperanto, any word can be combined with any other word or words to form a compound word. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation It is becoming a rare thing now to see Esperanto treated as a form of madness, and the days of contemptuous silence are passing away. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar As for brand-new tongues invented By professors discontented With the old, Well, the prospect of a "panto" Played and sung in Esperanto Leaves me cold. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 There is no Esperanto preposition which gives exactly the English meaning of "at" or "over" in this sense. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z It is the intention to have all the nations understand Esperanto, and by that means make it possible for all the peoples of the world to commune directly with each other. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Is this the boat for…? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation It is coming to be recognized that Esperanto is a force to be reckoned with; it cannot be laughed off. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar But is it possible to philosophize in pure algebra or even in Esperanto? Tragic Sense Of Life In fact, to express the sense of some of those in common use correctly, five or six or more Esperanto prepositions have to be used to give the different meanings of one English preposition. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z However, Esperanto would not be difficult for the American people because it is so scientific, so logical, and entirely free of all irregularities. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Where can I get a 'bus to…? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation You take with you keys to Esperanto, price one halfpenny each, in various languages. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar There is but one universal language: the ocular—not Volapuk nor Esperanto is as intelligible or as efficacious as this. Hints for Lovers The following common English prepositions are given with their Esperanto equivalents and examples of their use, viz., The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Is Esperanto made up of the derivatives of the various languages? Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Which is the best hotel? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Write your Esperanto sentence clearly and put the paper in his hand. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar "Perhaps there would have to be a war between Ido and Esperanto to settle it," said Teddy. Mr. Britling Sees It Through In English these verbs are used both transitively and intransitively, but if we wish to give them a transitive signification in Esperanto we must add the suffix -IGI. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z They may not be spelled the same or pronounced the same, but they are international, and therefore they are Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Will you come to tea? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation There is no doubt, as the Esperanto prepositions are fixed in sense, on the "one word one meaning" plan. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar I wish I had not sent my first moneys to that Conference upon Esperanto. Mr. Britling Sees It Through It does not follow that if from any Esperanto word ending in -ism this syllable is subtracted, the remainder is an Esperanto root. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z You do not mean that the only words you would put into the Esperanto vocabulary would be those that might be common to at least four or five of the principal languages? Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Shall we go to the theatre? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation But whereas Japanese adds its particle ka at the end of the sentence, the Esperanto ĉu stands first in its clause. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar I do not think it will be wise to take my ticket for the Esperanto Conference at Boulogne. Mr. Britling Sees It Through And now, my dear Charles, write me a letter in Esperanto, and tell me if I am not quite right in imagining that the above-mentioned words are exactly what you thought, after receiving this letter. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z It is a fact that all modern attempts at making an artificial language, and their name is legion, especially since the acknowledged success of Esperanto, are based on Latin. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Is there a motor garage in this town? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Now ch is a useful and distinctive sound, and has been adopted in Esperanto with a symbol of its own: ĉ. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar "I am naturally anxious," he said, "because I am taking tickets for my holidays at an Esperanto Conference at Boulogne." Mr. Britling Sees It Through All members either speak Esperanto or are learning it; for the latter we have a room specially set apart for learners, and one of the members gives lessons daily. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z I have lectured to hundreds of English audiences, and I have given them numerous examples of Esperanto words in my lectures that could be easily understood by everybody. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education English.Esperanto.Pronunciation.Where can I get money changed? Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Technically speaking, Esperanto combines the characteristics of an inflected language with those of an agglutinative one. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar He was scheming always therefore for the perfection and propagation of Esperanto or Ido, or some such universal link. Mr. Britling Sees It Through The menus and wine cards are in Esperanto, and we always speak Esperanto to each other. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z London would be Londono; Robert is Roberto, but proper names you are at liberty to do with as you please; give them the Esperanto ending or leave them in the original form. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education On one side was the familiar wreath with the word "fivepence" in the midst, with its Esperanto equivalent beneath, and on the other the profile of a man, with an inscription. Lord of the World It would be easy to go on filling page after page with the simplifications effected by Esperanto, but these will not fail to strike the learner after a very brief acquaintance with the language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar For his own part he was interested in ideas of universal citizenship, in Esperanto and Ido and universal languages and such-like attacks upon the barriers between man and man. Mr. Britling Sees It Through At first, translate the Esperanto fairly literally, so as to get a good idea of the usual order of words in Esperanto, and where it differs from English in construction. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z We had a man here the other day who has a language which he claims is an improvement on Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education So far as we are aware no reporter made notes at the moment; but the speech, delivered in Esperanto, was a very simple one, and very short. Lord of the World Thus anything written in Esperanto can be deciphered by the simple process of looking out words and parts of words in the dictionary. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar A couple of hundred years from now, when everyone is talking Esperanto or some other universal language, the kids will have to study English. 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The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z None of these objections, neither structural nor national, apply to Esperanto, which is entirely neutral and ideally simple. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education He flung what few phrases of Latin and Esperanto he had at them. Darkness and Dawn To those who do not know Esperanto it may seem a dark saying that language riders can be worked out in the same way as geometrical ones. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Abdul Baha is much in favour of Esperanto, the noble inventor of which sets all other inventors a worthy example of unselfishness. The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Every writer is free to use in Esperanto his own national or individual method of punctuation. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z A sufficient amount of Esperanto for this purpose can be acquired by anyone in a few days, or even in a few hours. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education She guessed that the language was synthetic, like Roman or Esperanto, and that the alphabet numbered sixty or seventy. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life The following table illustrates the perfect simplicity and terseness of the Esperanto verb. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The only exceptions are the Esperanto and the other artificial languages and English, because the English was written by me, a Hungarian. Baron Pál Podmaniczky and the Norwegian Bible In these doubtful details everyone can use in Esperanto the stops he uses in his national language, and only custom, little by little, will work out for these unimportant details definite rules. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z My experience is that in this country the informed public warmly approves of Esperanto and the ideals it stands for, but expects the spread of the language to come through the schools. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Also, from the fact that out of the need the lingo arose, beche de mer English is a splendid argument for the Esperanto enthusiasts. The Cruise of the Snark An Esperanto statement is converted into a question without any inversion of subject and verb or any change at all, except the addition of the interrogative particle ĉu. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Blatchford is not talking Economic Esperanto; he is talking English, and jolly good English, too. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays Since Esperanto has eliminated the defects of other languages, and embraced only the good points of each, its flexibility as regards the order of words in a sentence is great. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Their endless complications make the study and practice irksome and futile, while Esperanto is positively fascinating. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education "To a creed even merrier than Socialism, more convivial than Total Abstinence, and more perfectly designed for human needs than Esperanto—the gospel of 'Cheer up.'" Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large In every case the Esperanto sentence is perfectly clear, the meaning is the same, but great scope is afforded for emphasis and shades of gradation. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar You can study French, or you can study German, or cut them both out and study Esperanto, you’ll get the culture tone just the same. Martin Eden In English it is nearly always placed before the word it qualifies, and we may say that this is generally its place in Esperanto. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z There are even now hundreds of school boys and girls in France, Germany, Austria, Spain, and even in China and Japan eager for such interchange of thoughts by means of Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Personally, any living language interests me more than Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar For purposes of 144 rendering the spirit and swing of national works of literature in Esperanto, and for facilitating the writing of verse, the accusative is a priceless boon. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar There is even a certain style in Esperanto itself in the hands of a good writer, of which the dominant notes are simplicity and directness—two qualities not at all to be despised. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar This book contains a series of Exercises, Fables, Legends, Stories, Extracts from Scientific Articles, Articles on Esperanto, Poetry, Translations from Hamlet and The Iliad, showing how well Esperanto is adapted for every kind of subject. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z And here Esperanto has over all other languages not only the signal advantage that there are no irregularities, but the far more important advantage that the scheme is applicable to all cases. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Making all due allowances, it is quite safe to say that the Latin verb is fifty times as hard as the Esperanto verb. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar They make a mistake of Esperanto by omitting the -n, but they are understood, which is the essential. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Scientific comparison of the respective difficulty of Esperanto and other languages, based on properly collected and tabulated results, does not seem to be yet obtainable. 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International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar To talk about bona patroj would not only seem a hideous barbarism to all Latin peoples, whose languages Esperanto most resembles, but it would also offend the bulk of Northerners. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar A cardinal point of difference is well illustrated by Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Owing to the fact that in most languages the word corresponding to oni is invariable, Esperanto authors have generally avoided the accusative and possessive forms onin and onia, although they are occasionally met with. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The United Kingdom Association of Teachers prepares for the certificate of proficiency in Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education The whole foundation of the language, vocabulary, grammar, and everything else, is contained in one small book of a few pages, called Fundamento de Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar In Esperanto the participle therefore takes an e which denotes an adverb. 8Ten days, i.e. for the duration of ten days. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar As a potential means of international communication, Esperanto is unsurpassed, and a long way ahead of any national language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar In English they are used only in the third person singular, preceded by "it," but in Esperanto they are entirely impersonal. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z In the town of Lille, France, Esperanto has been taught in the high schools for at least nine years; about 1,500 pupils benefiting yearly from this. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education There are Esperanto translations—and good ones—of Hamlet, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, the Aeneid of Virgil, parts of Molière and Homer, besides a goodly variety of other literature. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar This chapter would not be complete without some account of the constitution of Esperanto, and the means which have been adopted to safeguard the purity of the language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar In the field of rendering scientific literature and current workaday prose, whose matter is of more moment than its form, Esperanto has already won its spurs. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The moods in Esperanto differ from those in English. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z One only of all these schemes has ever come prominently before the public before Esperanto came into the field, Volapük, and this failed of its own defects. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education A move is being made in the right direction by the proposal to print the publications of the Brussels International Bibliographical Institute in Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar He has done much for Esperanto in the schools of his district, and under the guidance of men of his calibre Esperanto is making serious progress in France. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar They had learnt Esperanto for ten weeks, from one to one and a half hours per week. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The English Subjunctive, in the Present and Perfect, is represented by the Esperanto Imperative, and in the Pluperfect, Future, and Future Perfect, by the Esperanto Conditional mood. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z One only among some 20 or 30 imitations of Esperanto, namely, Ido, succeeded for a time in creating a diversion in the Esperanto camp. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Taking the papers all through, the Esperanto results were nearly as good as the French. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar President of the British Esperanto Association, has just been touring in India, in the interests of the language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar It is anticipated that the language chosen will be Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar If, therefore, we translate English literally into Esperanto, we may, in some points, be misunderstood by a foreigner, although our translation might be perfectly clear to an Englishman. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z In this connection it may be well to repeat once more that Esperanto is only an "auxiliary" language. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education The study of the international language Esperanto will be included in the curricula of those government schools in which modern languages are already taught. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar One other useful aspect of Esperanto remains to be mentioned—the establishment of consulships to give linguistic and other assistance. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar At present it is a very usual thing to offer an additional language, and if this project passes, Esperanto will be on 31 exactly the same footing as other languages for this purpose. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar It is not generally advisable to translate this infinitive rendering literally into Esperanto, except when the actor of the first verb is also the actor of the second. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Your idea would be that the various nations would understand Esperanto, and that whenever they would use that language all would understand and comprehend it? Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education It is therefore possible that in a year or two Esperanto may be officially recognized in France; and if this is so, other nations will have to examine the matter seriously. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Latin Latin, French French, or German German, will realize the saving effected, when they are told that Esperanto has no idiom, no arbitrary usage. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar When he became acquainted with Esperanto, he recognized that it was in certain points superior to his own 110 language, though the two were remarkably similar. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Zamenhof states that the "ablative absolute" does not exist in Esperanto, as its use would be against the spirit of the language. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z I want to say that there is a movement on foot in nearly every civilized country to make Esperanto a part of the course of study in the schools. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education He suppressed his own scheme altogether, and threw himself heart and soul into the work of spreading Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The combinations and permutations are infinite; they give a healthy knowledge of word-building, and can be used in putting whole pages of carefully prepared idiomatic English into Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Its object is to secure the recognition of Esperanto for scientific purposes, and to practically facilitate its use. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The three Tenses used in Esperanto are the Present, Past, and Future. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z If that were carried out, each country would learn its own language and Esperanto, in England English and Esperanto, and so on, so that the international language would really be Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Esperanto has no personal law-giver and depends upon no particular person. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar This simplicity of the Esperanto verb is entirely due to its full participial system. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar From this sketch it ought to be clear that Esperanto is no wild-cat scheme of enthusiasts or faddists, but a wisely organized attempt to wipe out the world's linguistic arrears. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Esperanto, as in other languages, the Present is often used for the Past or Future, to give vividness to an expression. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z But if that Frenchman were obliged to speak Esperanto with you then you would be on a common level and neither would have an advantage over the other. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Esperanto doings are now fairly, fully, and accurately reported. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Thus when, speaking Esperanto, you wish to ask a question, you begin by shouting out ĉu, an admirably distinctive monosyllable which cannot be confused with any other word in the language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The striking success of Volapük and Esperanto in gaining, within a few years of publication, many thousands of ardent supporters has also been a revelation. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Esperanto logically always employs the Present, even in a phrase relating to what has past, if the action is present relatively to the time in question. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z And since we have not overcrowded the minds of our children with languages as yet, I think it would be advisable and profitable for us to start with Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education His action, in all that concerns Esperanto, has been characterized throughout by a generosity and self-effacement that well correspond to the humanitarian nature of the inspiration that produced it. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar This chapter on labour-saving may fitly conclude with an estimate of the amount of mere memorizing work to be done in Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar One of the symptoms of "catching Esperanto" is a 107 desire to introduce improvements. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The following sentences will show how these various meanings may be expressed in Esperanto. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Does Esperanto partake more of the Spanish language? Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education At Sunday lunch a mixed party of people, after attending morning service, were asked how they would render into Esperanto the word "desires." International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The best way of learning Esperanto is to begin at once to read the language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar In Esperanto all that is necessary is: first, to become clear as to the exact meaning; secondly, to pick the preposition that conveys it. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Adverbs are more widely used in Esperanto than in any other language. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Dr. Bartholdt has mentioned to you the movement that is already in existence for Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education A perfectly phonetic language, as is Esperanto, is peculiarly suited to the needs of the blind. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar To judge by his conversation next year at Geneva, he had no such difficulty with Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Let them take or leave Esperanto as seems good to them. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Every preposition, but one, in Esperanto has a fixed and definite signification, and great care must be taken to use the preposition which gives the meaning we wish to convey. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z This society is called the Universal Esperanto Association. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education The name of Esperantist is given to every person who knows and uses the Esperanto language, no matter for what ends he uses it. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The impression left is, that whether judged by the test of conformity to necessary principles, or by the old maxim "possession is nine points of the law," Esperanto has no serious rival. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Henceforth the worst thing that can happen to Esperanto by way of adulteration is that some authors may use too many foreign words. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Prepositions and case.—In contrast to prepositions in English, which govern the accusative case, all prepositions in Esperanto govern the nominative case. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z This society has done a remarkable amount of excellent work in the last five years, and Esperanto is more and more used for all practical international purposes. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education The Northern Institute of Languages, perhaps the most important commercial school in the North of England, held an Esperanto class with sixty-three students. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar A great number of newspapers and reviews of all kinds are now published regularly in Esperanto in a great variety of countries. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Every month one reads lists of lectures given in the most diverse places, very often with the note that a local club or class resulted, or that a large sale of Esperanto literature took place. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The relation of prepositions to their complement.—English grammarians divide prepositions into various classes, but in Esperanto, with the exception of those mentioned in par. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z And that was six or seven years ago, and since that time Esperanto has made very great strides. 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The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z That was published in order to attract European immigration to that portion of California, and that same chamber of commerce has made large use of Esperanto for that purpose. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Euphony is one of the strongest of the many strong points of Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Such letters have always been found intelligible, though in no case did the correspondent know Esperanto previously. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Yet another advantage of Esperanto is illustrated in the same texts. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar If we translated our English interjections literally into Esperanto, many of them would have no meaning to a foreigner. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z For instance, in Paris and Barcelona there are many thousands who understand Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education In the early days of Esperanto there was indeed an attempt to found an Esperanto league; but when it was seen that the league did little beyond suggest alterations, it was wisely dissolved in 1894. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar No one's accent was "foreign," and none of the spectators possessed that mother-tongue acquaintance with Esperanto that would lead them to feel slight divergences shocking, or even noticeable without extreme attention to the point. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Since then Esperanto has been run purely on its merits as a language, and has expressly dissociated itself from any political, pacifist, or other propaganda. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Excuse me, sir, but do you speak Esperanto? The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Here is a bookseller in Paris issuing a catalogue entirely in Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education For the rest, Esperanto is now beginning to take hold in Germany. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar What are the philosophical differentia that make Esperanto a toy, and natural language God's handiwork? International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Not long ago he made a speech advocating the introduction of Esperanto into the public schools of the colony. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar A sentence in Esperanto is not a riddle! The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Here is a leaflet about the Panama Exposition published in Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education It supplies Esperanto literature to its readers at cost price, and reports that evidences of interest "have been many and multiply daily." International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Apparently the fact that Esperanto is 'artificial,' i.e. consciously produced by art. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The most practical way of spreading Esperanto is to get it taught in the schools, so it will be best to state first what has been done so far in this matter. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar There is now a Teachers' Section of the British Esperanto Association with an Education Committee, which is carrying on active work in promoting Esperanto in the schools. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar They publish a guide of their town in Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education The second is peculiar to Esperanto, and consists in the discrediting of the cause of international language through the failure of Volapük. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar It is all very well to show by a comparison of forms that Esperanto ought to be much easier than a natural language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar A universal language must be in essentials, like Esperanto, inviolable. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar The Japanese, among others, are taking up Esperanto with enthusiasm, 98 find it easy, and make no difficulty about its Aryan basis. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Here is a catalogue issued by the Oliver Typewriter Co. printed in Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education Last October Prof. Skeat, one of the fathers of English philology, took the chair at a preliminary meeting, and made a speech very favourable to Esperanto. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar It has taken 44 centuries to construct, while Esperanto was apparently created in a few hours. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar In Esperanto, provided you have a clear mind and know your grammar, you are right. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar For the convenience of readers the Esperanto text and English translation are printed in parallel columns. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Cook's famous touring agency has used Esperanto for the last seven years. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education By the wise provision of Article 4, that the entire grammar and framework of Esperanto, as contained within one small book of a few pages, is absolutely unchangeable, the future of the language is secured. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar But at the first congress Zamenhof announced that he had given up even this control, and Esperanto is now a free language. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar "Let her go! give her hell!" is the word, and "the boys" are just now getting next to Esperanto to beat the band. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Dr. Zamenhof has been decorated by the French Government, and Esperanto is already taught in many French schools. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Here is a Scotch tea firm publishing a circular in Esperanto. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education |
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