Esperanto Primer

The most useful site I have found to learn Esperanto is Lernu.net. This is what I have been able to glean so far:

There are not exceptions to any grammar rules at all. Each letter is pronounced the same each time with no exceptions - very phonetic pronunciation.

Alphabet

The alphabet is sounded out just like English with a few new letters that, for me seem very Czech in nature (pronunciation is guidance is listed in brackets [ ]) :

a b c [ts] ĉ (ch) d e f g ĝ [j] h ĥ [ch] i j [y] ĵ [zh] k l m n o p r [rr] s ŝ [h] t u ŭ [w] v z

Nouns

Base Nouns end in 'o': libro - book

Sentence Objects end in n: libron - book

Make a noun plural by adding 'j' to the end: libroj - books

Adding 'et' at the end of a noun creates something smaller: libreto - booklet

Possession: 'de'

Pronouns

Pronouns end in 'i':

Mi - I

Vi - You

Li - He

xSi - She

xGi - It

Ni - We

Ili - They

oni - indefinite pronoun

Verbs

Base verbs end in 'i': doni - 'to give'

Present tense verbs end in: 'as': donas - give

Past tense verbs end in: 'is': donis - gave

Future tense verbs end in: 'os': donos - will give

Conditional tense verbs end in: 'us': donus - would give

Command tense verbs end in: 'u': donu - Give! (implied subject you)

Estas - Am/is/are (present)

Estis - Was/Were (past)

Estos - 'will be' (future)

Adverbs

Adverbs are verbs that end in 'e': done - ?generously?

Adjectives

Base Adjectives end with 'a': bela - beautiful

Adding 'mal' to the beginning creates the negative: malbela - ugly

When describing the sentence object add an 'n' to the end: malbelan

Add 'pli' to magnify description one level: pli very beautiful

Add 'plej' to magnify description more : plej most beautiful

Comparison:'ol': this is bigger 'than' that

Articles and Other

La - the (no associated gender)

Accent - on second to last vowel

Esperanto - The International Language?

I have mentioned before that I am pro globalization. I support the World Service Authority in their attempts to unify the world under one government. I also support the idea of a global currency and the International Fixed Calendar (IFC). A necessary piece to tie all of this together is an nation independent language that can serve as the common language medium for international interactions, which is what Esperanto was created for.

Esperanto has many advantages over any other language. No nation can claim Esperanto as theirs. Some countries hesitate to pick any other language for pride and political fear. None of these problems are associated with Esperanto. It was created for ease of learning and to sidestep the aforementioned problems.

If you have read this far - Thank you. I have seen that Esperanto has a word similar to 'hu' (noted from my previous post) - Ĝi. I find it interesting....

Am I psycho? You might think so, by now. Perhaps I will be lucky enough to have my children to speak English, Russian, and Esperanto.

Esperanto Links

• Esperanto at Wikipedia
• Esperanto Grammar at Wikipedia
• Esperanto.net
• Universal Esperanto Association
• Esperanto USA