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orangelixir (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
*In Perfect British English* - I hope you'll be indulgent as I cannot articulate correctly all that I wish to say as eloquently as I would like. - Hahaha He speaks amazing English. Maybe if you listen for a while you can tell he might be foreign.
GEDANUS6 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
One of the worst ideas ever is that English is easy and suitable as an international language.After five years of learning the average student is almost helpless when it comes to express their thoughts freely and correctly ...
Caroliano (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Yeah, I know that. I've studied some 800 hours of japanese, and besides the kanjis, it also have many "tricks" on the usage of certain words, as any national language do, and the politeness degrees, that is also dificult to use. I'm tempted to learn korean. At least the writing system will not be an big problem.Any way, if esperanto is to be adopted, we don't really need to consider how difficult Asian languages are.
mooglepoo (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Carolliano:But you must consider how difficult Asian languages are to learn for Europeans, as well, especially the writing system. I am capable in English, Japanese, and Esperanto, and I can honestly say that Japanese was the most difficult to learn, simply because of the amount of kanji. I have spent more than 1000 hours studying that language, and it is still not as good as my Esperanto, which I have been studying for about a year now.
inkstersco (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
The advantage of Esperanto is whatever is the advantage of interlingual communication.
vidaregaaende (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
for common people at least...
vidaregaaende (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
i do not quite see the advantage of esperanto...much of this here is nonsense...
heituzi (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I'm not old and I speak it. I was just at an event, and young people dominated it. You can search SES - that's the program I went to. Most of us were in our 20's or 30's. And how do you explain all the Esperanto youth congresses and meetings going on all year? I'm sorry but your comment seems uninformed.
heituzi (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Cxu vi povas reskribi esperante? Mi tre volas scii vian kompletan sencon. Dankon!
walking0naked (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I agree with almost all of this. I only started learning Esperanto recently, and I'm already comfortable with most of the language structure.I learned two languages in school - French and German, until I was sixteen and eighteen, but I never lost my fear of speaking those languages to native speakers, even after living in Germany.With Esperanto, I can talk to people who have no other language in common with me, and I can talk to people from completely different cultures, something I enjoy. |
