For people that just discovered Esperanto
I heard from some people, that they are "bored" because they
have to stay home the whole day. Learning a language is a good
way to take advantage of this available time.
Esperanto is the only language which most people can
learn in a couple of weeks, or even a couple of months.
Esperanto is a very useful language. I learned it 60 years ago,
in August 1959. I have already spoken in Esperanto in 31
countries.
My 31 countries
There are many purposes to learn languages. People who
learned Esperanto, did so to be able to communicate with
people from other cultures, other languages, other countries.
They want to speak with you. They will dedicate some time to
be with you. Some of them will even invite you to stay at their
houses for a couple of days, and will show you many interesting
places near where they live.
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How to study Esperanto
or any other language.
Some methods to learn
Esperanto, Kurso de Esperanto.
Zagreba Metodo.
Lernu.net and
Duolingo.
Correlatives and participles.
Readings and books
to start reading in Esperanto. Thousands of books for
free.
Some videos to learn
Esperanto.
Edukado.net
Resources for teachers, materials for students.
After completing
the first Esperanto course.
Studio Huge site with
hundreds of resources.
Novaĵoj
Eventoj Listing of new events.
YouTube
Radios and podcasts in
Esperanto.
Some movies in Esperanto.
Some movies for sale.
More help and a complement
to the first course.
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How to study Esperanto or any other language.
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1. Choose a course or a method to learn this language.
Do not keep jumping from one course to another.
2. You can complement the course watching videos or listening
to podcasts
created to learn this language. Imitate some whole
sentences.
Do not use a dictionary. You don't need to know the
meaning of every word now.
You need to think in the language you are learning,
and getting used to its sound.
The dictionary will bring you back to English. Learn only
the words used in the lessons.
3. When you are near the course ending, you can start to read
readings written specially for
beginners, using a limited vocabulary, so you can understand
without using the dictionary.
Read some parts aloud, imitating the melody of whole
sentences.
Do not read word by word. Remember that books for
children are not the same.
They have lots of words that you are not going to use in daily
conversation.
4. After reading many of the "easy" readings, you can go on to
read regular books.
Make a list with the words that you don't understand.
When your list have 10 words, then consult the dictionary.
5. You may watch videos and movies. Follow the rules from
point 4.
Repeat some of what you hear, imitating the melody of each
whole sentence.
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Some methods to learn Esperanto
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Once that you decide to learn Esperanto, dedicate all
your Esperanto time to complete a course. You may
complement it watching some of the videos to learn Esperanto,
or listening to podcasts. Don't try to understand every word.
It is better that you don't use a dictionary. Don't try to read
Harry Potter or the Lord of the rings ...
worst yet, many beginners try to translate them.
After you reach the middle point of any course, you may start to
read books or readings, written specially for beginners. In the
beginning don't try to understand everything. Is better if you
don't use a dictionary before finishing your first course. After
reading several readings for beginners, you may try to read
general literature ... now is the time to use a dictionary ... better
consult it after you accumulate a list of 10 unknown words.
Kurso de Esperanto: You have to
download it and install it in your computer.
Send your lessons
to me,
and I will correct your lessons.
You can always send an
email to me.
Please use "Esperanto" as the first word on the subject line
(not the only word)
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Zagreba Metodo
There are at least 3 ways to learn Esperanto using La Zagreba
Metodo:
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1. Book: This is a copy from
the original book
which came with a sound cassette.
The sound is together in the
same page. You can listen while you read.
Zagreba
As a book
Como libro
2.
Interactive
Does not have 6 songs nor 3 extra lessons.
Touching any word will show its meaning or translation.
This is the best, fastest way, to learn the basics of
Esperanto
3.
12 + 3 Facilaj Tekstoj kaj 6
Kantoj
Text and sound. Translated to:
English
Español
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Lernu.net:
The Esperanto site to learn Esperanto, in many
languages.
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Duolingo: The most popular learning method
for the last few years.
English
Español
Português
Chinese
Française
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Correlatives, participles.
Correlatives
(pdf)
Participles Read the
whole page.
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Readings and books to start reading in Esperanto. Thousands of books for free
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Easy readings
from the Zagreb Method. Read them without using a
dictionary. After trying to guess, you can check the translation.
You may choose the English or Spanish translation on the upper
right. Before looking at the translation read several times.
Please don't use a dictionary.
More easy readings
Books for
beginners with reduced vocabulary.
By reading ordinary books at first, you
would spend more time with the dictionary than with the book, you would never learn to
think about Esperanto, and you would not understand much of the book you are reading.
Books
Thousands of free books. Read to get used to the use of Esperanto.
PDFa Librejo in Facebook, lots of books.
You need to be registered.
Partial index
Verkoj
For writers and readers.
About us
Amuzaj dialogoj To learn words for every day
conversations. You will need a dictionary.
Stano Marĉek's
A few books, Brothers Grimm Fables, Ardensen Fables, songs and lyrics, video. All the books and stories read
aloud by Stano Marĉek, with good pronunciation, not fast.
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Some videos to learn Esperanto:
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The simplest animations to learn Esperanto, all in Esperanto,
even
for beginners who never before saw Esperanto, including
children:
Animation 1 (76 minutes)
Animation 2 (95 minutes)
The last 15 minutes of Animation 2, show a lady reading a book.
You can read the
whole text of both animations.
Watch the first animation at least twice before watching the
second one.
Esperanto, pasporto al la tuta mondo
16 lessons to learn Esperanto, 27 minutes each, total
7.5 hours, with actors from more than 15 countries:
4 DVD's, almost two hours each:
01
02
03
04
16 lessons:
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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Edukado.net Site for teachers,
but it has lots of materials useful for learners.
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The site has more choices if you register. It is free.
There are lots of materials in this site. You will have to check all
lines.
Risko Games.
Instrumaterialoj Materials for instruction,
exercises.
Klerigejo Diverse materials.
Biblioteko Book catalog, 546 books as of April
3, 2020.
Filmejo 334 filmetoj as of April 3, 2020.
Panteono 252 Esperanto teachers as of April 3, 2020.
Enrique (myself)
Retligiloj Links to lots of sites.
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After completing the first Esperanto course.
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Something to do to practice Esperanto to get some fluency.
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Studio:
Radio-Televido en Esperanto.
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Tutmondaj novaĵoj en Esperanto:
klaku, aŭskultu kaj spektu!
A powerful, vast web site,
by Roberto Poort, from Las Vegas, Nevada, Usono.
Hejmo Novaĵoj Radio Televido
Filmo Muziko Literaturo Diversaĵoj
Under these headings, you will find hundreds of links and
thousands of web pages,
books, films, videos, television, songs, podcasts. You have to explore every line
to understand how many different things you can find in
Studio.
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UEA novaĵoj Corona virus.
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Message from the General Secretary of the
United Nations.
UEA Gazetaraj Komunikoj 859 Corona Virus
press release.
UEA Gazetaraj Komunikoj 861 Esperanto World
Convention in Montreal (was 2020).
UEA Aliaj Gazetaraj Komunikoj Other press
releases.
UEA Esperanto Revuo
Tutmondaj novaĵoj in SoundCloud.
Radaro:
On top of the page, click on "Groups" to find meetings where
you can participate using Zoom, Skype, or something similar.
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Eventoj: Listing of
new events
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Eventoj
from Hungary. Year 2020. Scroll down the
page to see the calendar.
Eventoj Previous years.
Eventa Servo
Reta
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In YouTube:
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1.
Kronvirusa intervjuo kun José Antonio Vergara,
epidemiologo 41:01
Coronavirus interview with José Antonio Vergara, epidemiologist
2.
Kronvirusa intervjuo kun Margaret Zaleski-Zamenhof
29:53
3.
Kronvirusa intervjuo kun Petro Baláž 26:40
4.
Kronvirusa intervjuo kun Amri Wandel 31:31
5.
Globeto intervjuas José Antonio Vergara (en Esperanto)
15:54
6.
Kronvirusa intervjuo kun Bertilo, Birke kaj Gitta
56:32
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Radios and podcasts
Sections 18 and 19.
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Radio Verda.
The best podcasts for beginners because of their good
pronunciation.
Short articles with very interesting subjects.
A total of 202 podcasts, no more will be added.
Songs, Music All free songs and music are in
Kantoj, Muziko
More than 560 songs, more than 110 groups
or singers.
To buy music:
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Some movies in Esperanto:
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Angoroj (1964), (60 minutes) Black and white.
Possible the first movie in Esperanto.
Good movie, good Esperanto ... no for beginners.
Watch it several times.
Incubus (1966) You may hear about this movie. Don't worry about it. It has very few words,
looks like a silent film. The Esperanto pronunciation is terrible
because the actors
didn't bother to learn Esperanto.
Documentary video about
NASK
01
02 Esperanto course, university level.
Trans La Florida Markolo, Cuba, by Orlando
Raola.
Gerda Malaperis, sound only.
Jen Nia IJK, from lernu.net, sound only.
Covid19
Zamenhofa Tago 2019
Evildea
videos in YouTube by Richard Delamore, from
Australia. Some videos in English. He speaks good
Esperanto at high speed ... not exactly for beginners. But if
you watch many times the same video, you will get used to
Esperanto.
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Movies for sale:
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At the request of film director Christopher R. Mihm, Engineer George Baker began a team of Esperantists, mainly from
California, USA, to translate his films first and then read those
translations to add to the English versions of those films that
are sold as DVD's. I am Enrique, a member of that team. The
DVD's sell for about $10. They have the movies spoken in
English or in Esperanto, with subtitles in English, or Esperanto,
or nothing.
Atako de la Lunaj Zombioj
(Attack of the Moon Zombies) (Movie)
More movies
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More help
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Practice, exercises to complement
an Esperanto basic course
After completing the first Esperanto course
20 Reasons to learn
and use Esperanto Shows how we use Esperanto.
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