I believe that bilingual, even trilingual people are very interesting. I plan on learning Esperanto, I find it very simple for me to pronounce the words (since pronouncation is very difficult for me) I will want to learn to speak it fluently. I am very fluent in English, I am good at Spanish as well. When I was young I learned to speak two languages: Spanish, and English. I even used to speak Spanish very fluent. I want to be able to speak 3 or even 4 languages fluently, and hopefully pass it on
I too hear an english accent in the conversation of these people, now i read that Esperanto is a mixture of both latin, germanic and slavic vocabulary's.
So.. what is the dialect like actually? I myself, am from the Netherlands. (dutch is a hard language to speak properly for foreigners who aren't raised with it, but that also means that the dutch people are very good at learning to speak other languages without too much of an accent).
Here is the interesting thing about universal artificial languages, got this from Wikipedia:
Reactions of 20th-century totalitarian regimes to Esperanto
As a potential vehicle for international understanding, Esperanto attracted the suspicion of many totalitarian states. The situation was especially pronounced in Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
@TheEnviroFriend No confíes en estrategias que dependan de "they", es decir, no esperes que los gobiernos decidan espontáneamente promover una lengua internacional. Cada gobierno prefiere promover la suya. Si quieres ayudar, mejor apréndelo tú mismo: lernu.net
I like the idea of an easy to learn international language, although I'm not sure Esperanto ever really 'took off'. I think it'd be great if the UN or similar body got together and funded the creation of a new constructed language, one that was as phonologically and grammatically simple for as many people to learn as possible, not just Western Europeans.
To me, they all sound somewhat embarrassed or as if they have difficulty speaking. It all sounds very stilted. Perhaps they would be better off had they learned another language.
@SilentPianoMan The Romance languages are, overall, the most widely spoken in the world. It might be more difficult to learn if it tried to also incorporate elements from the Semitic, Altaic, Uralic, etc.
The video clearly demonstrates the near total uselessness of Esperanto. Most likely all of these people spoke the same native language but choose to stumble along in Esperanto. And of these people, which one had a good clear command of Esperanto and could judge which other speakers had poor accents? For a painful laugh, watch William Shatner in "Incubus". A language that as of 1996 had 200-1000 "native" speakers one hundred years after its invention does not have a good track record.
@theawesomesausage Well, it is the way this lot are speaking it. Kial ni povas helpi Vin instead of "kiel". That means "why can we help you instead of how can we help you. The idea that a person should come speaking Italian Arabic and Esperanto but not English to Australia is a total joke. Esperanto would be better served if people concentrated on its genuine advantage, namely as a linguistic illustration and an intellectual toy, than to try and get any real life advantage from it.
The back-pack lady speaks Spanish !! She said: "¿Puede ayudarme por favor?" (Could you help me please?)
La dorsakula damo parolas la Hispana Lingvo, sed la Hispana ne estas shia denaska lingvo. Mi pensas ke shi estas australia-ino (en reala vivo) mi audas shian angla akchento. Ciuj anglaparolantoj parolas la hispanan (kaj Esperanto) uzante la sama maniero je paroli, ech se ilia angla akchentoj estas malsamaj inter-ilie.
@atzel62 I understand what you mean by the language seeming sterile, especially with it not having a culture of its own. But you have to think, without conversing with other Esperantists, you miss its beauty. Being able to speak easily with others of different cultures and languages is definitely a remarkable thing, you must admit. And because of its neutrality, it allows for any accent to shape the language. I've heard Germans speak it beautifully, and those who speak it retain individuality.
Woan yebenxi yole'si lozeel ond la cisie esperanto nöqüfengen ond esperanto nöqüfina peske cisieat roştfiel ond esperanto nöqüfaf handerstanduselink. dürina xo 7000000000 omano ari ond seydo 2000000 cisie esperanto nöqüfem la vidyaxo nasri dürina xo saho'y seiask kodor esperanto nöqüfina ariel rime jewasem ond la woan jelene
There is a little bit of mispronunciation. 3:47 "Restu cxi tie" He pronounced it like English "tea -ay," when it should be tea -eh, like the sound in "cent." But, you can tell what he means, anyway. For me this show me different accents that people can have with it.
Herp. Derp. TECHNO MUSIQUE. That part made me lawl, but the rest interested me enough that i would very much like to learn this language. im currently working on my own auxiliary language, but im a freshman in high school and dont have much time to develop it and teach it to myself, but once i have more free time i may just learn Esperanto because its far more beautiful and simplistic that what i've come up with so far
While the vocabulary is indeed based on several Indo-European languages, the grammar is not. In several ways the grammar of Esperanto is more reminiscent of Basque, Turkish (which is Altaic) and Japanese. Furthermore it doesn't claim to be a Universal Language as a mixture of all the world's languages, but an auxiliary language as a tool for people to communicate easier with eachother across language barriers. What matters is not where it came from, but what can be done with it.
hahah she knew esperanto but when everyone was asking her if she spoke other languages, she never got the hint to tell them what languages she speaks?
@SilentPianoMan Do you prefer English as the world language? It also is Indo-European, but has thousands of irregular verbs, loads of complicated grammar, and is quite a nightmare to learn (and teach; I teach English as a foreign language). Esperanto's regularity is easier to learn no matter how different your language of origin, but, of course, will be easier to pick up than English.
Why all the hate on Esperanto? I find it quite fascinating that I can't speak the language but can understand it written down because of my experience with fFench and German. I think it's time to become Trilingual.
@WestCanuckistan I love the idea of a common language, and I understand that Esperanto is the most popular language for that purpose, but as for why it is disliked, I can only tell you my aversion, which is: I don't like the sound of the Spanish language because it reminds me of unsavory Hispanics in the area, and Esperanto sounds primarily Spanish. I am trying to overcome this prejudice for the sake of a better world, but most people have too much pride to do the same.
@peachcloverlauper It does not sound spanish at all! I should know, it was my first language. As for your rude comment about hispanics, I've met plenty of white, black, & asian(or whatever the heck your nationality is) people that are mean, idiotic, and just plain ignorant, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to learn more about the next person that comes in my way, no matter what language they speak... You sound much more "unsavory" with your racism than any uneducated hispanic on the street
@blackrosefallen11 lol you dont know what nationality peachclover hails from and yet you claim that you have met many individuals of the same ethnic origin which are mean, idiotic and ignorant. how do you know he isnt an alien of superior intelligence whose kind never resort to violence; maybe whatever juvenile comment he has posted was part of a controlled experiment to see how humans respond to such blatantly ignorant banter. have you ever considered that? didnt think so. :]
Esperanto is simply the attempt by white academic elitists (who, in fact, were ashamed of being white and academic, and who didn't know they were elittist) to show their progressivism and cultural diversity...and, as always, to engineer human behavior. Fail on all counts.
For those that still want to be on the cutting edge, may I suggest: Ig-pay Atin-lay?
Yes, Esperanto is a young language, What other languages have so many speakers in such a short time?
Of 6000 languages it is ranked in the top 100 for number of speakers and 17th for use on Google. Its simplicity makes learning easier than native languages.
Esperantistoj are all idealists, we are all learning to speak a second language. We are united in the effort to bridge between native/national languages. We all strive to be an equal among equals.
@SilentPianoMan Its a mixmash of indo-european, it was only thought of as universal at a time when european arrogance was at a all time high. Kind of like how every language usedto be barbarian to the greeks. Want one of the afroasiatic, altaic, and uralic languages? Then make some. Ishtarawi is my semitic conlang.
@SilentPianoMan Esperanto is a CONSTRUCTED language from a Jewish Linguist, it is not from Indo-European! Just copied words from the Romance Languages and phonetics from Slavic..
Esperanto ist scheinbar sowieso eine bessere Internationalsprache Alls English. und deutsch bekommt keinen Respekt! Meine Meinung ist das wir nicht alle die gleiche sprache alle sprechen sollten immer die ganze zeit unterschiedliche Redens weisen, sind sehr schön und the kulturelle diversität ist eigentlich was sehr besonderes, auch die teile die mann nicht vermarkten kann.
@SilentPianoMan The problem with those other languages is that they are not related to each other, especially the Oriental languages. Therefore, including these languages only makes it harder for each to learn the words of the other. Ironically, the "dead" languages of Latin and Greek have produced so many international words that they are part of the mix in Esperanto.
Actually, Esperanto should be the language in high school because it is so easy to learn and has simple grammar.
esperanto is avery good and easy language to learn! go to lernu and start learning .and i am latino and i speak english and spanish and learning esperanto.
Tio cxi estas la eksplico ke mi pensas: Shi vidis la glumarkon, tio cxi estis la motivo Shi frapis la pordon. Shi ne komencas paroli Esperanton, char ili ekparolis ciajn lingvojn sed ne Esperanton, Shi komprenis nenio. Sed, kiam iu parolis ion Esperanton do Sxi kuragxis je ekparoli gxi.
@SilentPianoMan If you had done any research, you would know that Esperanto's grammar resembles more that of the Asian languages. Also, it is very telling that it's always speakers of European languages who complain about the supposed (and completely imagined) eurocentricity of Esperanto. Speakers of other languages find this very condescending. So, in future, instead of making shit up and hoping it's true, do this crazy thing called RESEARCH. It will make you not look like an asshole as much.
@TomSFox Please don't use this as an argument for Esperanto; there are plenty good ones, but this one is wrong. First, Asian languages are so diverse that you can't make this argument. It's certainly not like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Vietnamese, etc. Secondly, this claim is mostly derived from the agglutination of Turkic languages. The wikipedia page of Turkish (a prime example of a Turkic language) will give a sense of how very different they are from Esperanto.
@SilentPianoMan It is very typical of Esperanto detractors to just make shit up and then convince themselves that it is true. What makes you think it "originates from the Indo-European languages"? Did you do any research? No, because then you would know that this isn't true. You just made this little fact up and hoped that it's true. If you had done any research, you would also know that Zamenhof was a Jew and spoke Hebrew. So what makes you think Esperanto doesn't have any Semitic influences?
Too many people here are missing the point of the language... It was designed to be a quick to learn bridge between people from different language families (whereas people who speak in the same language family already have a huge leg-up in understanding the other party's language because of the cognates and other similarities). Over all other languages, and all language families' differences considered, it is by far the easiest to learn. For example: it takes 1/10th the time as English to learn.
What a horrendous sounding language. Latin is a much better language. Keep speaking your dead language that has less speakers than Klingon, you basement dwelling nerds.
Mi estas Esperantisto dum multaj jaroj. Mi scias , ke multajn el g'ia konsonantoj estas dificilaj prononci. Penu prononci "ekscii." Estas multaj konsonanatajn kom-
binaj'oj, kiuj estas dificilaj prononci. Spite mi subtenas g'in kaj esperas, ke s'anj'oj
@SilentPianoMan Zamenhof didn't have the chance to learn chinesse! sorry! But he knew some things about every language. The way we count in esperanto it's the same as japanese but without exceptions. Esperanto estas (is) ankaux (too) aglutina lingvo (an agglutinating language) like chinesse, japanese ..
It's not fair for non native to be forced to learn english (years and years of learning for nothing)and be dominated culturally (why do spanish people have halloween? valentine's day? sta claus?)
@alejandro31192 Chinese is not an agglutinating language. It's isolating. Esperanto has too many suffixes, too many roots, and an irregular (totally random) derivational morphology.
@TheMontageBW ok, i was wrong with chinese... too many suffixes, too many roots??? is that bad?? i think english as more roots than esperanto, it has also "too many suffixes" google "list of english suffixes"
Irregular?? are you insane?? I can see you don't know anything about esperanto! People can't have a good opinion if they don't know what they are talking about...
@alejandro31192 Why do you assume I'm comparing it to English? Esperanto has too many suffixes that aren't necessary for international communication.
I can see you know absolutely nothing about linguistics. There is no method of derivation other than the translation of European parts of speech. Why are some roots based on adjectives, while others are based on verbs or nouns? You take this concept for granted because you speak a European language. But it's highly irregular.
@alejandro31192 Another irregularity: the pronouns. Why don't they end in o? They end in i, the infinitive ending for verbs. Also, when made plural, mi becomes ni. Why? It should be "mij" if it followed the rules for plurality.
Why is there a distinction between he/she/it/one? Why doesn't sxi use the feminine suffix? Why doesn't ili use the feminine suffix when it's referring to all girls?
@alejandro31192 And the opposite markers. What's the method of assignment? Why aren't red and green opposites? Why aren't black and white opposites? There are words like bitter/sweet, inside/outside, fire/ice, that should, but don't, have opposite markers.
Too many roots is very bad. Unless you'd *like* to have another English. In a constructed language you want the smallest vocabulary possible to make it easiest to learn.
@TheMontageBW ok... now i see what happens... you try to defend you angy project attacking esperanto... have you ever thought that ALL languages will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be possible to be criticised??? I'm sure that angy is very ambiguous because of all the meanings for one word... In my opinion i think there's too many auxiliars languages... it's impossible that way to make people know them and learn them...
@alejandro31192 My language is not perfect- that would be impossible. But it makes more sense than Esperanto linguistically, which is what you want in an auxiliary language.
Meanings in Angy are similar to the way it's done in Chinese- the Chinese have multiple meanings for one character depending on context. There have always been many auxlangs, even in Zamenhof's time. Not many get past the development stage. Esperanto was lucky in this respect.
@TheMontageBW watching sth about your language... i could say: it's not a fair language because you use a occidental alphabet, and you make it inspired in chinesse (a lot) english and spanish (maybe something else, don't know) i've only watched 3 minutes of your video and it can be criticised (and why arboly?? maybe in mongolia the genealogic trees are maybe roots or sth else) (why is bitter the opposite of sweet?? you only were told that and you believed then) why ice and not rain?)
@alejandro31192 I had to make a decision which alphabet to use. I couldn't use Chinese for obvious reasons, and not many people know Cyrillic. But even the Chinese have pinyin, the Japanese have Romaji. I used what I could.
The word "tree" can in fact refer to a diagram in Russian, Japanese, and German. All the roots are nouns. There is no such thing as the adjective "sweet," that meaning is derived from the word "sugar."
I can tell you this in detail if you would like, but please PM me.
@SilentPianoMan Instead of complaining about what it isn't, just be thankful for what Esperanto is! A beautiful, easy-to-learn, 2nd language for us all! Learn it and it will remove the mist from your eyes, ears, heart and soul!
Sounds like a mix of Spanish, German, and with a bit of English... no joke... and yes; I am fluent in Spanish and English, and have studied German in my time.
I want to learn Esperanto, and I will. I mean, we can all put nationalist pride and say that the language is not neutral, but for god's sake, there has to be one! We can't satisfy everyone and I know not all language groups are represented. But esperanto at least works! I mean, all this nationalism is the reason why it's so difficult to unite people, to bring peace... So I wish to contribute my stone... :)
You know whats funny... this is promoting a 'world' language yet I only see Europeans at that table. I don't see Asians, or Middle Easterners, or 'Black' people or Latinos.
@coolsteven2 Actually, There is 1 Chinese, 1 Dutchman, 1 Frenchwoman, an Austrian and 3 Australians in this magnificent vignette. Quite an ethnic and cultural mix, considering that it occurred in Melbourne. I recently returned from the Esperanto congress held in Havana (Copenhagen next year). There were plenty of black people and Latinos speaking Esperanto there, and also many Japanese, Koreans and Chinese! The president of UEA is Indian.
@melburno The only 'other' I see is the Chinese woman, other than that they're all European.Then they should re-film it. Also the language seems very Euro-centric :/. And in general, I commend people for wanting to connect the world, but I refuse to have cultures lost. Language is very closely related to culture. And if we lose a language, you lose a culture, I am not willing to lose that, even if it is for 'world peace'. Also, artificial languages lose real meaning and history.
@coolsteven2, what is the meaning of artificial?, man made? every single human language is man made, but unplanned. Esperanto is also man made, but planned, taken from the best of several other languages; and it has evolved as any other human language during it's short life.
@coolsteven2, what is the meaning of artificial?, man made? every single human language is man made, but unplanned. Esperanto is also man made, but planned, taken from the best of several other languages; and it has evolved as any other human language during it's short life.
@coolsteven2, what is the meaning of artificial?, man made? every single human language is man made, but unplanned. Esperanto is also man made, but planned, taken from the best of several other languages; and it has evolved as any other human language during it's short life.
@coolsteven2 Yes, and isn't it also interesting that all of them seem to be struggling with the silly awkwardness of the language? Clearly none of them view it as any language they NEED to use; it is just a toy that will never "promote international understanding" but might create lots of social embarrassment.
@coolsteven2 no i think you mean "asian" not asia...if your ignorant and from america or australia...asia is china etc...but if ur not dumb you would know its not...i guess we can be sheep and jump of the bridge like lemmings
@tristanauspride Well then we need to change the definition :). Like in the feminist movement, theres a movement trying to change the definitions because people still have many misconceptions
@tristanauspride Yeah. Latino, Hispanic and what the difference is between the two and who are people really referring to when they say Hispanic etc. Stuff like that. Also changing it from Illegal ~> undocumented. The definition of Queer has changed for the LGBTQQ community. So theres Hope :D
@coolsteven2 and the term Gay lol...do you know much about this esperanto language? how it came about and how it spread? also it seems a lot of the words are from Germanic languages...
@coolsteven2 That is a silly comment. Not all diverse group is good and not all non diverse group is necessarily bad. Did they have to make an announcement to find a black Esperanto speaker just to look diverse? And there was an Asian there. Several people who speak Esperanto in South America. They just don't happen to be around that table.
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Esperanto sounds really stupid, to be honest. There's no history, no culture, no nothing. And it sounds like a poor attempt at mixing german, spanish and english.
@opalfinity Are you proficient in German, Spanish and English language, culture and history? This would entitle you to your opinion. For you information, Esperanto has an extremely rich history and culture, considering it's relatively humble, short life, and compared to the three mighty languages, cultures and history that you have chosen as a comparison.
@melburno I speak/am learning all 3, actually. But it wouldn't matter any way - anyone can recognize common sounds exclusive to certain languages. Esperanto sounds like a poor attempt at mixing German/Spanish with a bunch of English words thrown in.
Extremely rich? ha-ha. Maybe next time I'm in the area we could check out some ancient esperanto temples or burying grounds! ...oh right, it was made by some guy in a lab.
speak it all you want. I'm just saying that it sounds ridiculous to me.
@opalfinity Solo puedo decirte que para mi es más facil hablar y aprender el esperanto y no sentirme ridiculo al tratar de pronunciar el ingles, frances o aleman. Simulando ser nativo. Espero que puedas entender perfectamente lo que escribí. Sino entonces ESPERANTO es para tí así no te escucharás ridiculo hablando ESPAÑOL. ej: PERRDON SINIOR KIERROU UN CERVEZO. ; )
Sounds rather...interesting (in a good way). Unfortunately, Esperanto, like all constructed languages faces the problem of wide spread adoption. Though several million people speak Esperanto, that still pales in comparison to the number of Mandarin (>1,000,000,000), or even English speakers (1,000,000,000 to 800,000,000) in the world. One day the world will have 1 language, but it will probably be one that evolved on its own.
@jgt2598 We have to start somewhere. Until the high and mighty rulers of the earth decide on THE language, then we Esperantists, in our humble yet effective way, are doing something about it. Esperanto is the practical, easy, second language for us all. By the way, I have studied Mandarin (putonghua) et al, so I'm not sitting idly by, waiting for someone else to do it for me.
@travkaro Esperanto is its own language and sounds can vary slightly depending on where the speaker is coming from. I love to listen to Brazilian Esperantists, with their lovely, languid drawl!
@Plutozium The excellent Pasporta Servo - Passport Service - allows people to stay with one another, according to the rules of the host. This is by mutual consent and could include a contribution to cover expenses. Although I am an not a member, my family has always extended hospitality to visitors - especially Esperantists, who are generally not wealthy but very ethical people.
Esperanto will unfortunately is and will be unsuccessful as a world. why? because it is eurocentric and contains sounds and intonations typical for romance languages while ignoring the rest. for example the /v/ sound is quite uncommon outside of indoeuropean languages
@hxasmirl Yet indoevropean langvages are spoken by at least 50% ov hvmanity! There are other reasons vhy Esperanto vill vin - ease of learning, fidelity, fun.. to name a few. Take the word KVAR (4) - who cares is it said like KWAR, KeVAR or, correctly, KVAR???
I wouldn't say learning klingon or na'vi would be useless; many people have lots of fun with 'em. If the 'powers that be' decide either of them to be the international language, I'd learn it in a trice. I chose Esperanto when I was 17 (1961) and, boy, have I had a lot of fun with it!
I have grown up & lived in Florida, my mother tongue is ENGLISH. To this day, I still find English difficult... It is NOT an easy language, especially for foreigners. We've butchered the English language a lot.
@djc463 All language intro vids look like this. While I know very little about this particular language, all introduction language videos I have seen have this same general feeling.
hey guys, i think this language's really interesting and easy, but i see no benefits of it...so, because i like spanish (castilian) i'll try to learn spanish.god help me
@SrbijaZaMene I live in Canada but, my parents are Romania. I speak Romanian completely well. Serbia and Romania are very good friend. Though, why NOT learn Esperanto??? It's easy as hell to learn!! Just learn the rules, the exceptions, and you're done! The words will just come naturally, after speaking to an Esperantist.
My friend, come back to the Balkans, the life is here! :))
And about Esperanto, I think it's really interesting language, but i don't see opportunites of it, so i'll learn spanish beside englis, and after that, i'll know 3 languages, english, spanish, serbian, and french basic...also, romanian language is interesting :)
"Neniam pisu en la venton." I learned that phrase today. :D
thefartydoctor 1 week ago
@cornbagel Esperanto shouldn't be a lost language, it is similar to Spanish. I just wish I had me a teacher to teach me, it fluently.
mariare0 1 week ago
Haha That woman is speaking Maltese. All Maltese speak English
psychoticIndie 3 weeks ago
I believe that bilingual, even trilingual people are very interesting. I plan on learning Esperanto, I find it very simple for me to pronounce the words (since pronouncation is very difficult for me) I will want to learn to speak it fluently. I am very fluent in English, I am good at Spanish as well. When I was young I learned to speak two languages: Spanish, and English. I even used to speak Spanish very fluent. I want to be able to speak 3 or even 4 languages fluently, and hopefully pass it on
mariare0 4 weeks ago
@mariare0 Buena suerte/good luck/bonan ŝancon!
cornbagel 2 weeks ago
omg the lady is speaking maltese!
dayron25 1 month ago
I too hear an english accent in the conversation of these people, now i read that Esperanto is a mixture of both latin, germanic and slavic vocabulary's.
So.. what is the dialect like actually? I myself, am from the Netherlands. (dutch is a hard language to speak properly for foreigners who aren't raised with it, but that also means that the dutch people are very good at learning to speak other languages without too much of an accent).
burentu 1 month ago
Here is the interesting thing about universal artificial languages, got this from Wikipedia:
Reactions of 20th-century totalitarian regimes to Esperanto
As a potential vehicle for international understanding, Esperanto attracted the suspicion of many totalitarian states. The situation was especially pronounced in Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
SokratesNamon 1 month ago
this is a weird video....the lady speaks maltese, a language spoken in malta...and why does she say "assalamu alaikoum"?
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@artengeneral saluton! mia nomo estas ezekiel kaj logxas el la argentino
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1776freedomordie 2 months ago
@1776freedomordie Holy fuck you idiot, why don't you go look it up????????? MORON!!! FUCKA YOU AGONG!
matthmatthmatth 2 months ago
This sounds like a combination of spanish, italian and greeke.
topspuikko 2 months ago
Boy, it sure was lucky that this woman just happened to speak Esperanto for some reason!
cokmobot 4 months ago 3
so she just left the dog outside ! tsk tsk tsk and it mysteriously disapeared :D
iso900a 4 months ago
THE CUTEST FRIGGIN BABY, I TELL YA!
sebastienaction 4 months ago in playlist Esperanto stuff
1:35 xDDDDDDDDD rofl
EvilToastbrot 5 months ago
i think they should teach esperanto in schools, that would really help it take off, but it would be hard to find esperanto speakers to teach.
TheEnviroFriend 5 months ago 9
@TheEnviroFriend No confíes en estrategias que dependan de "they", es decir, no esperes que los gobiernos decidan espontáneamente promover una lengua internacional. Cada gobierno prefiere promover la suya. Si quieres ayudar, mejor apréndelo tú mismo: lernu.net
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@tonyodelbarrio si es verdad no hay que esperar que los demás hagan todo, tambien hay que tomar la iniciativa por uno mismo.
artengeneral 2 months ago
I like the idea of an easy to learn international language, although I'm not sure Esperanto ever really 'took off'. I think it'd be great if the UN or similar body got together and funded the creation of a new constructed language, one that was as phonologically and grammatically simple for as many people to learn as possible, not just Western Europeans.
TwoTube2 5 months ago
To me, they all sound somewhat embarrassed or as if they have difficulty speaking. It all sounds very stilted. Perhaps they would be better off had they learned another language.
yarmo28 5 months ago
@yarmo28 it's because they're acting.
TwoTube2 5 months ago
@yarmo28 I think they're probably just nervous. People sound like that in their native tongue in front of a camera...
argophontes 5 months ago
@SilentPianoMan The Romance languages are, overall, the most widely spoken in the world. It might be more difficult to learn if it tried to also incorporate elements from the Semitic, Altaic, Uralic, etc.
emberjed 5 months ago
The video clearly demonstrates the near total uselessness of Esperanto. Most likely all of these people spoke the same native language but choose to stumble along in Esperanto. And of these people, which one had a good clear command of Esperanto and could judge which other speakers had poor accents? For a painful laugh, watch William Shatner in "Incubus". A language that as of 1996 had 200-1000 "native" speakers one hundred years after its invention does not have a good track record.
CarloDeTeslaSr 6 months ago
ugly language
theawesomesausage 6 months ago
@theawesomesausage Well, it is the way this lot are speaking it. Kial ni povas helpi Vin instead of "kiel". That means "why can we help you instead of how can we help you. The idea that a person should come speaking Italian Arabic and Esperanto but not English to Australia is a total joke. Esperanto would be better served if people concentrated on its genuine advantage, namely as a linguistic illustration and an intellectual toy, than to try and get any real life advantage from it.
usenetposts 6 months ago
The back-pack lady speaks Spanish !! She said: "¿Puede ayudarme por favor?" (Could you help me please?)
La dorsakula damo parolas la Hispana Lingvo, sed la Hispana ne estas shia denaska lingvo. Mi pensas ke shi estas australia-ino (en reala vivo) mi audas shian angla akchento. Ciuj anglaparolantoj parolas la hispanan (kaj Esperanto) uzante la sama maniero je paroli, ech se ilia angla akchentoj estas malsamaj inter-ilie.
powerdriller10 6 months ago
*Esperanto - made in Poland ! :) Thanks mr. Zamenhof !
LoukasLanski 6 months ago
Can some1 teach me esperanto? or i'd just want to chat with a esperanto speaker
nabiho93 6 months ago
@atzel62 I understand what you mean by the language seeming sterile, especially with it not having a culture of its own. But you have to think, without conversing with other Esperantists, you miss its beauty. Being able to speak easily with others of different cultures and languages is definitely a remarkable thing, you must admit. And because of its neutrality, it allows for any accent to shape the language. I've heard Germans speak it beautifully, and those who speak it retain individuality.
searinglead15 7 months ago
I've become very interested in learning Esperanto. It's a shame there aren't any speakers of it in my city. :=/
Aarixan 7 months ago 6
@Aarixan Why not start up your own club? There are resources on lernu.net and edukado.net
melburno 7 months ago 3
Woan yebenxi yole'si lozeel ond la cisie esperanto nöqüfengen ond esperanto nöqüfina peske cisieat roştfiel ond esperanto nöqüfaf handerstanduselink. dürina xo 7000000000 omano ari ond seydo 2000000 cisie esperanto nöqüfem la vidyaxo nasri dürina xo saho'y seiask kodor esperanto nöqüfina ariel rime jewasem ond la woan jelene
Disastroer 7 months ago
"South Park " hat eine Episode, in der alle Sprachen der Welt sind gemischt getan. Es klang wie Blobs zu sprechen.
ghostodarb 7 months ago
There is a little bit of mispronunciation. 3:47 "Restu cxi tie" He pronounced it like English "tea -ay," when it should be tea -eh, like the sound in "cent." But, you can tell what he means, anyway. For me this show me different accents that people can have with it.
funion987 7 months ago
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I want to know why she left her country
Slimboyfat1979 7 months ago
It sounds ssoooooooooooooooooooooo UGLY.
melonformula 8 months ago
Herp. Derp. TECHNO MUSIQUE. That part made me lawl, but the rest interested me enough that i would very much like to learn this language. im currently working on my own auxiliary language, but im a freshman in high school and dont have much time to develop it and teach it to myself, but once i have more free time i may just learn Esperanto because its far more beautiful and simplistic that what i've come up with so far
yaaman25 8 months ago
@SilentPianoMan
While the vocabulary is indeed based on several Indo-European languages, the grammar is not. In several ways the grammar of Esperanto is more reminiscent of Basque, Turkish (which is Altaic) and Japanese. Furthermore it doesn't claim to be a Universal Language as a mixture of all the world's languages, but an auxiliary language as a tool for people to communicate easier with eachother across language barriers. What matters is not where it came from, but what can be done with it.
Moltao 8 months ago 2
Esperanto sounds like a Latin mexican language made by a drug cartel,
OperationAnime262 8 months ago
haha ''of spreekt u nog misschien Hollands?''
Westermann15 8 months ago
@Westermann15 volgens mij komt die vent ook uit nederland of hij heeft er gewoont wnat hij heeft geen accent ofzo
darkmysterii 8 months ago
hahah she knew esperanto but when everyone was asking her if she spoke other languages, she never got the hint to tell them what languages she speaks?
lolsebasstian 9 months ago
@lolsebasstian maybe cause she was from an arab country and didnt udnerstand what they were trying to say to her.
flikka1985 7 months ago
@SilentPianoMan Do you prefer English as the world language? It also is Indo-European, but has thousands of irregular verbs, loads of complicated grammar, and is quite a nightmare to learn (and teach; I teach English as a foreign language). Esperanto's regularity is easier to learn no matter how different your language of origin, but, of course, will be easier to pick up than English.
BillA1016 9 months ago
lavenzenint sise'y
Disastroer 9 months ago
Why all the hate on Esperanto? I find it quite fascinating that I can't speak the language but can understand it written down because of my experience with fFench and German. I think it's time to become Trilingual.
WestCanuckistan 9 months ago 19
@WestCanuckistan There's really no reason not to learn Esperanto - I think it challenges those poor souls who don't want to do anything.
As someone said (not me, but i understand), there are plenty of monolingual idiots - Thanks to Esperanto, we can even have bilingual idiots!
melburno 9 months ago 5
@WestCanuckistan I love the idea of a common language, and I understand that Esperanto is the most popular language for that purpose, but as for why it is disliked, I can only tell you my aversion, which is: I don't like the sound of the Spanish language because it reminds me of unsavory Hispanics in the area, and Esperanto sounds primarily Spanish. I am trying to overcome this prejudice for the sake of a better world, but most people have too much pride to do the same.
peachcloverlauper 3 months ago
@peachcloverlauper
Hi! to me it doesn't sound like Spanish, and maybe you didn't have a good chance to meet keen hispanics, but i'm kind =)
I would never say I don't like English only because an englishman was unkind with me and told me:
"you can't speak English, go back to Spain, learn English, and then you might come back to the UK."
I can't hate the language, only that speaker.
alejandro31192 2 months ago
@peachcloverlauper Just tell yourself it sounds Portuguese. Problem solved.
WestCanuckistan 2 months ago
@peachcloverlauper It does not sound spanish at all! I should know, it was my first language. As for your rude comment about hispanics, I've met plenty of white, black, & asian(or whatever the heck your nationality is) people that are mean, idiotic, and just plain ignorant, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to learn more about the next person that comes in my way, no matter what language they speak... You sound much more "unsavory" with your racism than any uneducated hispanic on the street
blackrosefallen11 2 months ago
@blackrosefallen11 lol you dont know what nationality peachclover hails from and yet you claim that you have met many individuals of the same ethnic origin which are mean, idiotic and ignorant. how do you know he isnt an alien of superior intelligence whose kind never resort to violence; maybe whatever juvenile comment he has posted was part of a controlled experiment to see how humans respond to such blatantly ignorant banter. have you ever considered that? didnt think so. :]
UmadBRO1999 1 month ago
I dont speak esperanto but I can already understand it ^_^
cedricalien 9 months ago
Esperanto is simply the attempt by white academic elitists (who, in fact, were ashamed of being white and academic, and who didn't know they were elittist) to show their progressivism and cultural diversity...and, as always, to engineer human behavior. Fail on all counts.
For those that still want to be on the cutting edge, may I suggest: Ig-pay Atin-lay?
mattleemattlee123 9 months ago
Did the random traveler say "Salam alaikum" ??
Koshi0koshi 9 months ago 3
Yes, Esperanto is a young language, What other languages have so many speakers in such a short time?
Of 6000 languages it is ranked in the top 100 for number of speakers and 17th for use on Google. Its simplicity makes learning easier than native languages.
Esperantistoj are all idealists, we are all learning to speak a second language. We are united in the effort to bridge between native/national languages. We all strive to be an equal among equals.
emailbeforemeeting 9 months ago
Tre bone! Mi estas komencanto de Esperanto, kaj mi estas uzero de lernu!
TheOriginalWhim 9 months ago
the australian girl is very cute
firehandszarb 9 months ago
@SilentPianoMan Its a mixmash of indo-european, it was only thought of as universal at a time when european arrogance was at a all time high. Kind of like how every language usedto be barbarian to the greeks. Want one of the afroasiatic, altaic, and uralic languages? Then make some. Ishtarawi is my semitic conlang.
spartacandream 10 months ago
@SilentPianoMan Esperanto is a CONSTRUCTED language from a Jewish Linguist, it is not from Indo-European! Just copied words from the Romance Languages and phonetics from Slavic..
VerDad1818 10 months ago
Does learning Esperanto help with later learning of other European languages?
TheMightyRolf 10 months ago
@TheMightyRolf yes, because it teaches you of how languages work, and has a great number of words from lating and germanic roots...
jjrt2012 10 months ago
Esperanto ist scheinbar sowieso eine bessere Internationalsprache Alls English. und deutsch bekommt keinen Respekt! Meine Meinung ist das wir nicht alle die gleiche sprache alle sprechen sollten immer die ganze zeit unterschiedliche Redens weisen, sind sehr schön und the kulturelle diversität ist eigentlich was sehr besonderes, auch die teile die mann nicht vermarkten kann.
Spieldamelenium 10 months ago
Yes trying to learn the local language seams quite important and really doesn't seam to bad for an episode.
Spieldamelenium 10 months ago
A language for the socialist to converse with each other in.
Example below.
Learn it and it will remove the mist from your eyes, ears, heart and soul!
Another we know more what is best for you , than you proclamation
SuperBigblue19 10 months ago
apud la pordo estis la verda stelo, kial ŝi simple ne alparolis en Esperanto? ;)
vasall 10 months ago
It's the first time I hear so many English speakers speaking another language than the one they fiercely force us to learn!
Monkeyshouts 10 months ago
Is this some kind of bad TV show!? Sure great that they speak Esperanto but WTF!?
SMGJohn 10 months ago
Soou bastante inverossímel a historinha.
meusisto 11 months ago
@SilentPianoMan The problem with those other languages is that they are not related to each other, especially the Oriental languages. Therefore, including these languages only makes it harder for each to learn the words of the other. Ironically, the "dead" languages of Latin and Greek have produced so many international words that they are part of the mix in Esperanto.
Actually, Esperanto should be the language in high school because it is so easy to learn and has simple grammar.
BuddyNovinski 11 months ago
esperanto is avery good and easy language to learn! go to lernu and start learning .and i am latino and i speak english and spanish and learning esperanto.
elpuertorican1 11 months ago
Kial la virino ne vidis la glumarko de Esperanto en la fenestro apud la pordo?
vincentpistelli 11 months ago
@vincentpistelli
Tio cxi estas la eksplico ke mi pensas: Shi vidis la glumarkon, tio cxi estis la motivo Shi frapis la pordon. Shi ne komencas paroli Esperanton, char ili ekparolis ciajn lingvojn sed ne Esperanton, Shi komprenis nenio. Sed, kiam iu parolis ion Esperanton do Sxi kuragxis je ekparoli gxi.
powerdriller10 10 months ago
@SilentPianoMan If you had done any research, you would know that Esperanto's grammar resembles more that of the Asian languages. Also, it is very telling that it's always speakers of European languages who complain about the supposed (and completely imagined) eurocentricity of Esperanto. Speakers of other languages find this very condescending. So, in future, instead of making shit up and hoping it's true, do this crazy thing called RESEARCH. It will make you not look like an asshole as much.
TomSFox 11 months ago
@TomSFox Please don't use this as an argument for Esperanto; there are plenty good ones, but this one is wrong. First, Asian languages are so diverse that you can't make this argument. It's certainly not like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Vietnamese, etc. Secondly, this claim is mostly derived from the agglutination of Turkic languages. The wikipedia page of Turkish (a prime example of a Turkic language) will give a sense of how very different they are from Esperanto.
PatrickNiedzielski 10 months ago
@SilentPianoMan It is very typical of Esperanto detractors to just make shit up and then convince themselves that it is true. What makes you think it "originates from the Indo-European languages"? Did you do any research? No, because then you would know that this isn't true. You just made this little fact up and hoped that it's true. If you had done any research, you would also know that Zamenhof was a Jew and spoke Hebrew. So what makes you think Esperanto doesn't have any Semitic influences?
TomSFox 11 months ago
"I had to leave my country"
Just when it got interesting, it ended...
TLydon007 11 months ago
Too many people here are missing the point of the language... It was designed to be a quick to learn bridge between people from different language families (whereas people who speak in the same language family already have a huge leg-up in understanding the other party's language because of the cognates and other similarities). Over all other languages, and all language families' differences considered, it is by far the easiest to learn. For example: it takes 1/10th the time as English to learn.
Truthiness231 1 year ago
2:14 DON'T LET HER IN!!! SHE'S BARKING MAD!!!
12al34 1 year ago
Ieeeeeeel:p
neshje13 1 year ago
What a horrendous sounding language. Latin is a much better language. Keep speaking your dead language that has less speakers than Klingon, you basement dwelling nerds.
lumaix 1 year ago
Simlish D:
Rhomil 1 year ago
great sketch!
sialuab 1 year ago
La konversacio s'ajnis mallerta, sed Esperanto ankorau' estas la plej bonan lingvon!
MrMacicka 1 year ago
Mi estas Esperantisto dum multaj jaroj. Mi scias , ke multajn el g'ia konsonantoj estas dificilaj prononci. Penu prononci "ekscii." Estas multaj konsonanatajn kom-
binaj'oj, kiuj estas dificilaj prononci. Spite mi subtenas g'in kaj esperas, ke s'anj'oj
estos farataj. Johano Pasero USA (Usono) 12-28-10
JohanoPasero 1 year ago
Mi ŝatas Esperanton kaj mi pensas ke ĉiuj bezonos lerni Esperanton.
Mi vidas vin ĉirkaŭ!
eutenhovariosamigos 1 year ago
@SilentPianoMan Zamenhof didn't have the chance to learn chinesse! sorry! But he knew some things about every language. The way we count in esperanto it's the same as japanese but without exceptions. Esperanto estas (is) ankaux (too) aglutina lingvo (an agglutinating language) like chinesse, japanese ..
It's not fair for non native to be forced to learn english (years and years of learning for nothing)and be dominated culturally (why do spanish people have halloween? valentine's day? sta claus?)
alejandro31192 1 year ago
@alejandro31192 Chinese is not an agglutinating language. It's isolating. Esperanto has too many suffixes, too many roots, and an irregular (totally random) derivational morphology.
TheMontageBW 1 year ago
@TheMontageBW ok, i was wrong with chinese... too many suffixes, too many roots??? is that bad?? i think english as more roots than esperanto, it has also "too many suffixes" google "list of english suffixes"
Irregular?? are you insane?? I can see you don't know anything about esperanto! People can't have a good opinion if they don't know what they are talking about...
alejandro31192 1 year ago
@alejandro31192 Why do you assume I'm comparing it to English? Esperanto has too many suffixes that aren't necessary for international communication.
I can see you know absolutely nothing about linguistics. There is no method of derivation other than the translation of European parts of speech. Why are some roots based on adjectives, while others are based on verbs or nouns? You take this concept for granted because you speak a European language. But it's highly irregular.
TheMontageBW 1 year ago
@alejandro31192 Another irregularity: the pronouns. Why don't they end in o? They end in i, the infinitive ending for verbs. Also, when made plural, mi becomes ni. Why? It should be "mij" if it followed the rules for plurality.
Why is there a distinction between he/she/it/one? Why doesn't sxi use the feminine suffix? Why doesn't ili use the feminine suffix when it's referring to all girls?
TheMontageBW 1 year ago
@alejandro31192 And the opposite markers. What's the method of assignment? Why aren't red and green opposites? Why aren't black and white opposites? There are words like bitter/sweet, inside/outside, fire/ice, that should, but don't, have opposite markers.
Too many roots is very bad. Unless you'd *like* to have another English. In a constructed language you want the smallest vocabulary possible to make it easiest to learn.
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alejandro31192 1 year ago
@TheMontageBW ok... now i see what happens... you try to defend you angy project attacking esperanto... have you ever thought that ALL languages will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be possible to be criticised??? I'm sure that angy is very ambiguous because of all the meanings for one word... In my opinion i think there's too many auxiliars languages... it's impossible that way to make people know them and learn them...
alejandro31192 1 year ago
@alejandro31192 My language is not perfect- that would be impossible. But it makes more sense than Esperanto linguistically, which is what you want in an auxiliary language.
Meanings in Angy are similar to the way it's done in Chinese- the Chinese have multiple meanings for one character depending on context. There have always been many auxlangs, even in Zamenhof's time. Not many get past the development stage. Esperanto was lucky in this respect.
TheMontageBW 1 year ago
@TheMontageBW watching sth about your language... i could say: it's not a fair language because you use a occidental alphabet, and you make it inspired in chinesse (a lot) english and spanish (maybe something else, don't know) i've only watched 3 minutes of your video and it can be criticised (and why arboly?? maybe in mongolia the genealogic trees are maybe roots or sth else) (why is bitter the opposite of sweet?? you only were told that and you believed then) why ice and not rain?)
alejandro31192 1 year ago
@alejandro31192 I had to make a decision which alphabet to use. I couldn't use Chinese for obvious reasons, and not many people know Cyrillic. But even the Chinese have pinyin, the Japanese have Romaji. I used what I could.
The word "tree" can in fact refer to a diagram in Russian, Japanese, and German. All the roots are nouns. There is no such thing as the adjective "sweet," that meaning is derived from the word "sugar."
I can tell you this in detail if you would like, but please PM me.
TheMontageBW 1 year ago
@SilentPianoMan Instead of complaining about what it isn't, just be thankful for what Esperanto is! A beautiful, easy-to-learn, 2nd language for us all! Learn it and it will remove the mist from your eyes, ears, heart and soul!
melburno 1 year ago 11
@melburno
The problem is... not "us all".
meusisto 11 months ago
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molewizard 10 months ago
@melburno English is way better than that false language.
VercettixTommy 6 months ago
Sounds like a mix of Spanish, German, and with a bit of English... no joke... and yes; I am fluent in Spanish and English, and have studied German in my time.
MrLuisc7 1 year ago
@MrLuisc7 yeah, an there is lots of latin.
bmcsmike777 1 year ago
wtf this is kinda like Latin =)
6958921 1 year ago
I want to learn Esperanto, and I will. I mean, we can all put nationalist pride and say that the language is not neutral, but for god's sake, there has to be one! We can't satisfy everyone and I know not all language groups are represented. But esperanto at least works! I mean, all this nationalism is the reason why it's so difficult to unite people, to bring peace... So I wish to contribute my stone... :)
CrunchingShark 1 year ago
Tengo que aprender este idioma. I gotta learn this language.
CarloFabiane 1 year ago 2
You know whats funny... this is promoting a 'world' language yet I only see Europeans at that table. I don't see Asians, or Middle Easterners, or 'Black' people or Latinos.
coolsteven2 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 Actually, There is 1 Chinese, 1 Dutchman, 1 Frenchwoman, an Austrian and 3 Australians in this magnificent vignette. Quite an ethnic and cultural mix, considering that it occurred in Melbourne. I recently returned from the Esperanto congress held in Havana (Copenhagen next year). There were plenty of black people and Latinos speaking Esperanto there, and also many Japanese, Koreans and Chinese! The president of UEA is Indian.
melburno 1 year ago 25
@melburno The only 'other' I see is the Chinese woman, other than that they're all European.Then they should re-film it. Also the language seems very Euro-centric :/. And in general, I commend people for wanting to connect the world, but I refuse to have cultures lost. Language is very closely related to culture. And if we lose a language, you lose a culture, I am not willing to lose that, even if it is for 'world peace'. Also, artificial languages lose real meaning and history.
coolsteven2 1 year ago
@coolsteven2, what is the meaning of artificial?, man made? every single human language is man made, but unplanned. Esperanto is also man made, but planned, taken from the best of several other languages; and it has evolved as any other human language during it's short life.
Mondcivitano 1 year ago
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@coolsteven2, what is the meaning of artificial?, man made? every single human language is man made, but unplanned. Esperanto is also man made, but planned, taken from the best of several other languages; and it has evolved as any other human language during it's short life.
Mondcivitano 1 year ago
@coolsteven2, what is the meaning of artificial?, man made? every single human language is man made, but unplanned. Esperanto is also man made, but planned, taken from the best of several other languages; and it has evolved as any other human language during it's short life.
Mondcivitano 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 Yes, and isn't it also interesting that all of them seem to be struggling with the silly awkwardness of the language? Clearly none of them view it as any language they NEED to use; it is just a toy that will never "promote international understanding" but might create lots of social embarrassment.
SphinctersForever 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 the middle east is in asia
tristanauspride 1 year ago
@tristanauspride Let's be honest with ourselves... when someone says Asia no one thinks of the Middle East (and if you do, you are one of the few).
coolsteven2 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 no i think you mean "asian" not asia...if your ignorant and from america or australia...asia is china etc...but if ur not dumb you would know its not...i guess we can be sheep and jump of the bridge like lemmings
tristanauspride 1 year ago
@tristanauspride Well then we need to change the definition :). Like in the feminist movement, theres a movement trying to change the definitions because people still have many misconceptions
coolsteven2 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 and the definition of "latino"...whatever the hell that is...
tristanauspride 1 year ago
@tristanauspride Yeah. Latino, Hispanic and what the difference is between the two and who are people really referring to when they say Hispanic etc. Stuff like that. Also changing it from Illegal ~> undocumented. The definition of Queer has changed for the LGBTQQ community. So theres Hope :D
coolsteven2 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 and the term Gay lol...do you know much about this esperanto language? how it came about and how it spread? also it seems a lot of the words are from Germanic languages...
tristanauspride 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 black people no way
6958921 1 year ago
@coolsteven2
You OBVIOUSLY missed the asian guy in the video.
squeehunter 1 year ago
@coolsteven2 That is a silly comment. Not all diverse group is good and not all non diverse group is necessarily bad. Did they have to make an announcement to find a black Esperanto speaker just to look diverse? And there was an Asian there. Several people who speak Esperanto in South America. They just don't happen to be around that table.
OfficialCommentator 8 months ago
Marcel is a boss. He doesn't listen to that stupid techno music.
NoxDies 1 year ago 2
@NoxDies
lol
lickedhand 1 year ago
lol i love how the random traveler just goes into a strangers home. Lesson = esperanto is great for kidnappers!
shorerydr10 1 year ago
Sounds like a bunch of gibberish to me.
anthonyAJR 1 year ago
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Esperanto sounds really stupid, to be honest. There's no history, no culture, no nothing. And it sounds like a poor attempt at mixing german, spanish and english.
opalfinity 1 year ago
@opalfinity Are you proficient in German, Spanish and English language, culture and history? This would entitle you to your opinion. For you information, Esperanto has an extremely rich history and culture, considering it's relatively humble, short life, and compared to the three mighty languages, cultures and history that you have chosen as a comparison.
melburno 1 year ago 17
@melburno I speak/am learning all 3, actually. But it wouldn't matter any way - anyone can recognize common sounds exclusive to certain languages. Esperanto sounds like a poor attempt at mixing German/Spanish with a bunch of English words thrown in.
Extremely rich? ha-ha. Maybe next time I'm in the area we could check out some ancient esperanto temples or burying grounds! ...oh right, it was made by some guy in a lab.
speak it all you want. I'm just saying that it sounds ridiculous to me.
opalfinity 1 year ago
@opalfinity Solo puedo decirte que para mi es más facil hablar y aprender el esperanto y no sentirme ridiculo al tratar de pronunciar el ingles, frances o aleman. Simulando ser nativo. Espero que puedas entender perfectamente lo que escribí. Sino entonces ESPERANTO es para tí así no te escucharás ridiculo hablando ESPAÑOL. ej: PERRDON SINIOR KIERROU UN CERVEZO. ; )
helalumo 1 year ago 2
@opalfinity
Fuck yourself, you self-fucking ignorant !!
Fiku vin mem, mem-fik-ema ne-scii-anta !!
Esperanta historio kaj kulturo estas vasta kaj richa.
powerdriller10 10 months ago
Sounds rather...interesting (in a good way). Unfortunately, Esperanto, like all constructed languages faces the problem of wide spread adoption. Though several million people speak Esperanto, that still pales in comparison to the number of Mandarin (>1,000,000,000), or even English speakers (1,000,000,000 to 800,000,000) in the world. One day the world will have 1 language, but it will probably be one that evolved on its own.
jgt2598 1 year ago 2
@jgt2598 We have to start somewhere. Until the high and mighty rulers of the earth decide on THE language, then we Esperantists, in our humble yet effective way, are doing something about it. Esperanto is the practical, easy, second language for us all. By the way, I have studied Mandarin (putonghua) et al, so I'm not sitting idly by, waiting for someone else to do it for me.
melburno 1 year ago 6
spreekt u misschien Hollands? echt zo droog :P
kilplayer 1 year ago 3
Doesn't this remind you of sims? or is just me? XD
xxxtobyx3 1 year ago 2
@xxxtobyx3 I think you could find Esperanto situations to cover all possibilities!
melburno 1 year ago
sounds strange, like a nordic language like danish, swedish or norwegian with spanish words and the 'che' from italian.
travkaro 1 year ago 3
@travkaro Esperanto is its own language and sounds can vary slightly depending on where the speaker is coming from. I love to listen to Brazilian Esperantists, with their lovely, languid drawl!
melburno 1 year ago 2
@travkaro no im swedish and i see little if any similarities
lokaissogood 1 year ago
Esperantists always expect that they can stay in your house and freeload. :P
Plutozium 1 year ago
@Plutozium The excellent Pasporta Servo - Passport Service - allows people to stay with one another, according to the rules of the host. This is by mutual consent and could include a contribution to cover expenses. Although I am an not a member, my family has always extended hospitality to visitors - especially Esperantists, who are generally not wealthy but very ethical people.
melburno 1 year ago
Esperanto will unfortunately is and will be unsuccessful as a world. why? because it is eurocentric and contains sounds and intonations typical for romance languages while ignoring the rest. for example the /v/ sound is quite uncommon outside of indoeuropean languages
hxasmirl 1 year ago
@hxasmirl Yet indoevropean langvages are spoken by at least 50% ov hvmanity! There are other reasons vhy Esperanto vill vin - ease of learning, fidelity, fun.. to name a few. Take the word KVAR (4) - who cares is it said like KWAR, KeVAR or, correctly, KVAR???
melburno 1 year ago
It just doesn't sound "natural" to me - there's no inflection from what I can hear (apart from when their Australian accents slip through).
Not being disrespectful, but the whole conversation sounded like it was being read from a phrase book :/
PaperClipConspiracy 1 year ago
@PaperClipConspiracy That's just because they're bad actors.
thisusernameistaken2 1 year ago
@PaperClipConspiracy
I think that was the poor ability of the "actors". :)
Esperanto really estas bella lingvo.
Err...I mean is a beautiful language!
bacofishtaco 1 year ago 2
1:37 xD
reneee1992 1 year ago
Learn Esperanto! Great for awkward dinner conversation!
pauldoughertymusic 1 year ago 60
@pauldoughertymusic ..and much, much more! But you're right. Mastery of a language does not necessarily lead to scintillating conversation.
Someone once said "There are some monolingual idiots. Thanks to Esperanto we can now have some bilingual idiots!"
melburno 1 year ago
@pauldoughertymusic LOL
igorvianamueller 1 year ago
learning klingon or navi would be about as useless as this.
shawndonald78 1 year ago
@shawndonald78
I wouldn't say learning klingon or na'vi would be useless; many people have lots of fun with 'em. If the 'powers that be' decide either of them to be the international language, I'd learn it in a trice. I chose Esperanto when I was 17 (1961) and, boy, have I had a lot of fun with it!
melburno 1 year ago 4
sound like a new tower of babel type situation. the whole world understanding eachother. god will surely intervene!! just kidding
shawndonald78 1 year ago
I have grown up & lived in Florida, my mother tongue is ENGLISH. To this day, I still find English difficult... It is NOT an easy language, especially for foreigners. We've butchered the English language a lot.
twizzlers9 1 year ago
This language is stupid.
Cleopas82 1 year ago
@Cleopas82 Dude you gotta open your mind a bit.. it can't hurt you
Emessaine 1 year ago
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djc463 1 year ago
@djc463 All language intro vids look like this. While I know very little about this particular language, all introduction language videos I have seen have this same general feeling.
theclinger 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Esperanto is political correct bullshit
fuckooo 1 year ago
@stormholloway and everyone who has the same opinion.
@stormholloway
I am italian mothertongue.
I studied french and english at school and learned spanish in Spain.
I live in London and I use english in my everyday life.
My grand mother was of austrian ancestors and tried to teach me german when I was a child.
It never happened to me to listen a conversation in an unknown language and yet understanding a good 80% of what was said.
It happens with esperanto.
ristiziscitici 1 year ago 2
Salam Aleykum? sounds like Arabic to me
Blaze6432 1 year ago
hey guys, i think this language's really interesting and easy, but i see no benefits of it...so, because i like spanish (castilian) i'll try to learn spanish.god help me
bye from serbia
:))
SrbijaZaMene 1 year ago
@SrbijaZaMene I live in Canada but, my parents are Romania. I speak Romanian completely well. Serbia and Romania are very good friend. Though, why NOT learn Esperanto??? It's easy as hell to learn!! Just learn the rules, the exceptions, and you're done! The words will just come naturally, after speaking to an Esperantist.
Note : there are no exceptions in Esperanto
catadeluxxe 1 year ago
@catadeluxxe
My friend, come back to the Balkans, the life is here! :))
And about Esperanto, I think it's really interesting language, but i don't see opportunites of it, so i'll learn spanish beside englis, and after that, i'll know 3 languages, english, spanish, serbian, and french basic...also, romanian language is interesting :)
SrbijaZaMene 1 year ago
this vid iz lame as fuk.
TinoTaliTintti 1 year ago