Robb Kvasnak and His Argument For Esperanto

[repse2009]

Estus bone havi subtekston en Esperanto.

[robbkvasnak]

Intertempe fondiĝis Gold Coast Esperanto en suda Florido!

[Ballentinnes]

Saluton! Mi, sincere, gratulas vin pri via laboro en kaj pri Esperanto!

Sane kaj Pace

Elma do Nascimento

[alejandro31192]

jen ligilo pri interkomunikada problemo ELEKTU VIAJN SUBTITOLOJN

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Here a link about the communication problem

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[alejandro31192]

(I know that Portuguese would be more easy for me to learn, but not por a japanese!) Mi friends from Asia also tell me that Esperanto is the logical solution for the communication problem and they say that it was much more easier than English.

[alejandro31192]

(mi scias ja ke la portugala estus facila por mi, sed... ne por la japananoj) miaj asianamikoj diras al mi ankaux ke ESPERANTO estas la logika solvo por la Interkomunikado kaj estis pli facile lernebla ol la angla.

[alejandro31192]

Mi eklernis esperanton ekde oktobro 2010. Tempaltempe mi legas ion esperante. Jam kiam mi lernis gxin dum unu semajno, mi ja povis legi tekstoj helpe de vortaro. Mi estas universitatlernanto, kaj studas tradukado kaj interpretado. Jam mi parolas la franca kaj la anglas bonege! Mi ankaux parolas la hispana (denaske) kaj jxus ekas la sveda kaj dauxre lernas la germana. Do, sciante cxi cxion, mi povas deklari ke, esperanto estas la plej facila lingvo por cxiuj!

[fiorixF1]

Esperanto: la plej bona lingvo en la mondo!

[duodat]

Yes, the book has a lot of pages but so what ? Does this mean English grammar is difficult ? I don't think so.Even so grammar is not the only factor you need to know a language.English has an extremely rich and intersting history.Esperanto is certainly the poorest language in terms of vocabulary.I find lowering the bar dangerous as it makes the variety(something I really appreciate) disappear

[robbkvasnak]

@duodat is definitely uniformed about the extent of vocabulary. Esperanto definitely has about the same stock of roots (in Esperanto we think in roots, not in words) as does Icelandic, a language with which it shares the word forming function of using roots. BTW this was also true of old Anglo-Saxon. It was the French nobility that conquored England that introduced the complex and confusing vocabulary mess of modern day English. E-o is more precise than most national languages.

[mechatech70]

@duodat Esperanto actually has more words than you would think. And that fact is, Esperanto is easier to learn than English. Admittedly the book argument was not the best, but his point is a good one. It takes eight months for the average person to learn Esperanto (A year and a half for someone who speaks a REALLY different language, like Chinese), as opposed to the six years for English, and that is for someone who speaks French, a pretty close language.

[plaukuotaspiesztukas]

La homo pravas

[plaukuotaspiesztukas]

La homo pravas

[mindw99]

Well done! In less than two minutes you make clear to everyone that there are great advantages for all of us learning Esperanto as a base and then further languages.

[mindw99]

Well done! In less than two minutes you make clear to everyone that there are great advantages for all of us learning Esperanto as a base and then further languages.

[robbkvasnak]

@1989Zachyo - En kiu lingvo vi skribis? Your English is not very good either.

[markespero]

Mi simple gratulas Robb pro tiu tre simpla, koncisa kaj signifoplena videofilmeto.

Mi jam ĝin uzis por varbado al anglalingvanoj.

[C64BCOTW]

I speak Esperanto(eo) and I think it still has prob-s, i.e. it shouldn't draw words from other lang-s - this somewhat nullifies it's neutrality. It might be easy for ppl from europe but what about ppl from Asia whose lang-s have nothing to do with european ones?! Eo draws a great number of roots from Latin. Also the suffix -um add irregularity, you have to learn every word that uses -um by heart. Eo is not perfect, but yes it is still much easier than Eng. (I am not against EO, being realistic)

[DarthMaul8065]

@C64BCOTW It could use some improvements, sure, though there is no point in individuals making their own altered versions of Esperanto. I am a firm believer in the concept of a world federal government, and I think that is where humanity is heading. I believe that this world governenment will select a suitable language to become the international auxiliary language. While it could be English, I hope they will choose a more suitable language. If they choose Esperanto, they could improve it.

[robbkvasnak]

I speak 10 langaŭges, one of which is Esperanto. I teach teachers how to teach English as a second language. We speak Esperanto at home and I never cease to admire it as a precise language. I am a budhano in Esperanto not a budhisto. There is no way to translate budhano in English with just one word. Eo is one of the most sophisticated languages I know and it is an expression of my internationalism.

[JerryBear48]

@DarthMaul8065  Hmmmmm? Improve it? In over a century of arguing the point there has never been any concensus on what features of the language need "improving" . The very point one authority gives as a disasterous flaw, another acclaims a stroke of genius. The Accusative is a good example, It is hated by those speakers of Western European languages that dont have it, Yet its role has grown substantially since Zamenhof's time and it expresses a lot of grammar.

[pauswa1966]

English is a very difficult language, and it's my mother tongue. Esperanto is extremely easy and user-friendly, and it's also beautiful.

[plbuck1]

I've taught beginning and intermediate-level Spanish on a university level for over 25 years. I started learning Esperanto early this summer and can already speak pretty well. I believe that my students could learn it rapidly and instead of struggling to make slow progress, they could quickly and fairly easily learn enough to communicate effectively. With the Internet, Esperanto and its community is easily and immediately available, and this increases its usefulness! Patrick in Kentucky USA

[Kanguruo]

And some people still say that English is an easy language, I like that you show that English grammar book on your video which has 700 pages. I do speak Esperanto and enjoy the fact that it is much easier than English which is not my mother tongue

[papilioj]

Vi tute pravas esperanto estas multe pli facila ol angla lingvo !