Ch 2 · Lesson 33Esperanto · Chapter 2 · Lesson 33 · Phrase session
When you are lost in a conversation
The sentences that keep a conversation going after you stopped following it.
Why these go together
Every learner reaches the moment where the other person is still talking and you lost the thread two sentences ago. Esperantists are famously patient with beginners, but only if you tell them. These seven do that, and ...? is the one you will use for the rest of your life.
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I do not understand.
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I am a beginner.
Literally: I am a one-who-begins
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How do you say that in Esperanto?
Literally: how does one say that in Esperanto?
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Do you speak Esperanto?
?
Can you help me?
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I do not know.
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One moment, please.
Literally: a moment, I ask
Matching
0/7Match each phrase to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/7Put the missing word back.
Mi ne . (I do not understand.)
Accents optional - cx, gx, ux work for ĉ, ĝ, ŭ
Mi estas . (I am a beginner.)
Accents optional - cx, gx, ux work for ĉ, ĝ, ŭ
Kiel diras tion en Esperanto? (How do you say that in Esperanto?)
Accents optional - cx, gx, ux work for ĉ, ĝ, ŭ
Ĉu vi parolas ? (Do you speak Esperanto?)
Accents optional - cx, gx, ux work for ĉ, ĝ, ŭ
Ĉu vi povas min? (Can you help me?)
Accents optional - cx, gx, ux work for ĉ, ĝ, ŭ
Mi ne . (I do not know.)
Accents optional - cx, gx, ux work for ĉ, ĝ, ŭ
Momenton, mi . (One moment, please.)
Accents optional - cx, gx, ux work for ĉ, ĝ, ŭ
Lesson 33 of 43 in this chapter