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Introduction to Esperanto

To learn Esperanto was a very interesting experience.   To study it I only read a small book.   A few weeks later, while attending an Esperanto meeting I surprised myself, not only because I understood what was being said, but also because I could speak in Esperanto. I hope that after showing you what is Esperanto and how it is used, you would also like to learn and use it.   A diskette with all that is necessary to learn Esperanto is included in this page. How to use Esperanto How did Esperanto begin? Classical Use of Esperanto Delegita Reto Esperanto Pasporta Servo Esperanto in Internet How did Esperanto begin? Many people would say that Esperanto was created by an Ophthalmologist   (Doctor Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof), but Esperanto was born in the mind of a five year young boy.   He was born in 1859 in Bialistok, a town at the border between Poland and Russia. In this little town there were four groups, four religions, four languages, four cultures.   He thought that there were not people, only Russians, Poles, Germans, and Jews.   And there was much hatred. Little Ludwig's young mind assumed that this hatred existed mainly because they couldn't understand each other, and if they could speak to each other, they would feel much better about each other.   This thought was in his mind for long time, until he decided that a common language would help. Eventually he began to search for a language, but soon he realized that existing languages were very difficult to learn.   Why not create a language that could be easy to learn? Before finishing High School he was already practicing his new language with some of his schoolmates.   While studying at the university in Warsaw, he translated many classical books to his language.   When he found problems in his language, he would make changes, and then would restart the translations.   In July 1887 he published a small book called "International Language" written by Doctor Esperanto.   In his language, Esperanto means: "The person who has hope" Classical Use of Esperanto Since its beginning, Esperanto was used for correspondence between people of different countries.   During more than a century, Esperantists have had pen pals in other countries. In many towns around the world, Esperantists met to speak in their language.   Many of these groups began to publish their own monthly bulletins, and some magazines.   These publications were also distributed to other "Esperanto Clubs", or were sold to other Esperantists. Many books were translated to Esperanto, many books were also written originally in this language.   Books translated to English, require that the translator's native language be English, to render a good translation, but losing the author's cultural spirit.   Translations into Esperanto, are generally made by native speakers of the language to be translated, given the original flavor to the translation.   Many authors from small countries are never known in the English speaking world.   Translations to Esperanto can be read by people that could never master English, but took some time to learn Esperanto. Since 1905 Esperantists meet annually at the "Esperanto World Congress".   These congresses are made every year in a different country.   The number after the year shows how many Esperantists participated: 1981   1749   Brasilia, Brazil 1982   1899   Antwerpen, Belgium 1983   4834   Budapest, Hungary 1984   0802   Vancouver, Canada 1985   2311   Augsburg, Germany 1986   2482   Beijing, China 1987   5946   Warsaw, Polland 1988   2321   Roterdam, Netherlands 1989   2280   Brighton, England 1990   1617   Havana, Cuba 1991   2400   Bergen, Norway 1992   3033   Vienna, Austria 1993   1863   Valencia, Spain 1994   1776   Seoul, Korea 1995   2443   Tampere, Finnland 1996   2972   Prague, Czech Republic 1997   1224   Adelaide, Australia 1998   3133   Montpellier, France 1999   2712   Berlin, Germany 2000   1212   Tel Aviv, Israel 2001   1700   Zagreb, Croatia 2002   . . . .   Fortaleza, Brazil There are Esperantist's meetings at different levels.   Many countries have national congresses every year, trying to meet each year at a different place.   Local associations also meet weekly or monthly.   Some times they meet just to welcome traveling Esperantists from other countries.   I have been at the national Congress for USA and Canada, in Montreal in July 1998.   I also was at the Argentinean Congresses in October 1998 in Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña, Chaco Province, and later, in October 1999 in San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro Province.   I also participated in the World Congress in Vienna, Austria, in July 1992. Delegita Reto Together with   Universala Esperanto-Asocio,   UEA,   the   World Esperanto Association,   the delegates network is one of the oldest institutions within the Esperantist movement. "Jarlibro 2000", this year edition of the UEA yearbook, lists 1960 delegates in 99 countries.   These delegates are the representatives of "Esperanto" in their countries or towns.   They will answer questions about their country or region, and they will help Esperantist travelers.   They will also help you contact other Esperantists in the area you are visiting. Esperanto Pasporta Servo is an International Hospitality Service.   Every year they issue a book with the participants addresses.   The 2000 issue lists 1075 hosts in 75 countries. How do you spend your holidays? If you like to travel and you like: to pay little or nothing for accommodation, to meet new and interesting people, who will accept you in their homes, to see the places only the locals know, to avoid language problems abroad, to take your time to learn about the country and their people, then maybe Pasporta Servo is something for you. To join the network as a guest, you only have to buy the address list, which is updated each year.   Hosts won't charge you anything, many will even offer you breakfast or a perfect dinner.   You can also join as a host, and you will receive the book without any payment. Esperanto in Internet Internet made possible instant communication throughout the world.   The main obstacle now, continues being the language.   If we manage to know the Chinese language, we could talk with about 16% of the world's population (supposing that all Chinese speakers were connected to internet)   If we could speak Spanish or English, we could add another 8%.   Still, we couldn't speak to most of the world's population.   To learn anyone of those languages after we already speak our native language, would take many years, and we will still never talk at the same level as natives do. Instead, we can learn Esperanto in much less time, and begin talking to other people that also took some of their time to learn Esperanto. There are many pages in the internet written in many languages, including Esperanto.   There are many methods to learn Esperanto from different languages, and there are also many pages in Esperanto good to practice reading.   Some pages include the spoken pronunciation, for those who have sound in their computers.   Here there are some addresses: Links to other Esperanto pages :

      This page in Spanish .

      Lazarus Ludovic Zamenhof:     (links in several languages)
      Esperanto initiator's pictures       and a little bit more

      Links to Esperanto Pages
 

What is in the diskette

      Introduction to the Esperanto diskette

To Learn Esperanto:       (in English)

      ¿Sabe Usted Esperanto?       Book by Jorge Hess
      (Do You Speak Esperanto?)       (Not yet finished)

      Ten Lesson Esperanto Course
      (from internet, not yet on the diskette)

      La Gerda Kurso
      Intermediate course, Esperanto only.

      Esperanto Viva (English)
      (from internet, not yet on the diskette)

      Esperanto Viva Dictionary Esperanto-English       1100 words
      Esperanto Viva Dictionary English-Esperanto       (not ready)

To read in Esperanto:

      La Grandeco de D-ro L. L. Zamenhof
      parolado de D-ro Ivo Lapenna

      Karlo       Libro por komencantoj de Edmond Privat

      Gerda Malaperis       Libro por komencantoj de Claude Piron
      La Gerda Kurso       Demandoj kaj ekzercoj por cxiu cxapitro.
      Kompleta vortaro       Esperanto - Angla por cxiu cxapitro.

      Frekvencmorfemaro de Parolata Esperanto"
      La plej oftaj morfemoj de parolata Esperanto
      The most used words in Esperanto (en Esperanto)

      243 countries in alpha sequence       (Esperanto)

To read in English:

      Diskette to learn Esperanto       Introducción
      Classical use of Esperanto
      Esperanto in Internet
      How did Esperanto Begin?
      Purpose of this diskette

World wide list of Esperantists searching pen-pals
to exchange e-mails or letters in Esperanto.

Esperanto Koresponda Servo     List:
http://members.aol.com/enrike/ekspeto.htm

Esperanto Koresponda Servo     Purpose:
http://members.aol.com/enrike/eksang.htm

Esperanto Introduction :

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There are many Esperanto pages on the net.
Links to Esperanto Pages: