Ch 31 · Lesson 18Esperanto · Chapter 31 · Lesson 18 · Grammar primer
Kien de ĉi tie: speak, write, join, and keep going
From a group to the , letters abroad, the UEA and TEJO, and the one thing that undoes a learner: stopping.
The short version
A language stays alive by being used
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The last lesson is the one no course can do for you: keep going. Post in a group, then go to a meeting; write a letter to a speaker abroad; join your national association. Speak badly, early: waiting until you speak well is how you never start. The course is over, and the language is just beginning.
The eternal beginner stopped; that is all
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The has an entry for : a learner who stays at the basic level without progress, first cited from Ivo Lapenna in 1974. It rarely happens because the language got hard. It happens because the course ended and nothing replaced it. The fix is one thing a week that is use, not study.
Speak
- Telegram
- Amikumu
- renkontiĝo
- Pasporta Servo
- Universala Kongreso
| Where | What it is |
|---|---|
| , Discord | group chats, every day, free |
| u | an app showing speakers near you |
a o | a meeting, often over a weekend |
| stay free with speakers, run by TEJO | |
| a week in , most summers since 1905 |
! .- Hello! I am new here.
Esperanto hodiaŭ maps the online groups; the congress covers the and . Before you go, read spoken Esperanto for the everyday register, and learn the word for the one social sin:
krokodilu!- Do not crocodile! (speak your own language among Esperantists)
The one rule: speak badly, early. Waiting until you speak well is how you never start.
Write
o, writing letters to speakers abroad, is one of the movement's oldest habits. Writing is where grammar sets, because you must choose every ending rather than recognise it.
- correspondence (--: the ongoing action)Maria, .- Dear Maria, thank you for your letter.
| Need | Article |
|---|---|
| politeness | letter writing |
| the hatted letters | typing Esperanto |
| your own name | personal names |
Join
A community that meets is one you can join. The UEA, founded in 1908, runs the ; TEJO is its youth organisation; many countries have a national association.
| Read next | For |
|---|---|
| what it is for | esperantismo and the interna ideo |
| where it came from | the history |
| the calendar | festivals: 15 December is Zamenhof Day |
| new words | the unofficial affixes |
Your interests go there too: scientific Esperanto, food, music and films, religions.
.- Every fellow Esperantist was once a beginner.
The one thing that undoes it
The has an entry for it: , the eternal beginner, , as , - a learner who stays at the basic level, without progress. Its first citation is Ivo Lapenna, 1974.
It rarely happens because the language got hard. It happens because the course ended and nothing replaced it.
, .- If I do not use the language, I will forget it.
For the maintenance half, the drill schedules your weak words by spaced repetition, and the review keeps the three thousand from drifting. How to learn Esperanto names the plateaus.
Going further: What three thousand roots buys you and the rest of the guide, when you want them. This lesson does not need them.
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