Comments on: What Is Esperanto? What Can It Do for You?

By: Benny Lewis – Interviews With Passionately Alive People

Benny Lewis – Interviews With Passionately Alive People — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:02:35 +0000

[...] first met Benny Lewis back in 2008, at my first ever meetup of Esperanto [...]

By: Who Sets The Rules For Your Life?

Who Sets The Rules For Your Life? — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:01:20 +0000

[...] played it for the first time in the Summer of 2009, at a meetup of esperanto speakers. It’s played with a huge pile of cards (probably around 400 or more), but [...]

By: Ash Menon

Ash Menon — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:31:48 +0000

Sorry, I meant to type “Kevin, Vlad” not Kevin, Kevin

By: Ash Menon

Ash Menon — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:31:16 +0000

Kevin, Kevin, just to clarify, there IS such a thing in Japanese. It’s called 謙譲語 (kenjougo, meaning “humble language”) and 尊敬語　(sonkeigo, meaning “honorific language”). It’s not too extensive, though. It just covers certain basic actions and descriptions.

By: What I Learned From My 31-Day Gratitude Experiment

What I Learned From My 31-Day Gratitude Experiment — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:34:23 +0000

[...] been on the road for the whole of August, which affected my experiences. First I was at a meetup of Esperanto speakers in Slovakia, then then I set off on a Eurotrip with two of my best friends. So my [...]

By: The Best Way to Convince Others

The Best Way to Convince Others — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:04:21 +0000

[...] spent the week before last at a meetup of Esperanto speakers. (That’s the Esperanto flag you see in the image [...]

By: rainer arvola

rainer arvola — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:58:19 +0000

I was about 16, when my stepfather mentioned esperanto. He gave me a little book about it; I had earlier heard about it, but I knew nobody speaking it. So, I started to learn my new “secred language”. I studied it one winter, and in spring I lost my dreams: esperanto was on radio… It was no secred any more!!! I listened news on Warsaw – 2. The time was political crisis when Mr. Hrustchew had sent rocket ships to Cuba, and Mr. Kennedy had sent submarines to them. In the news I heard a word #submarshipo!” In my language that is “vedenalainen” – and I hadn’t seen it in esperanto – but I understood it immediately! What can you do with a language, which you know without learnin it?!! For me esperanto has given so much in those four decades I have used it.

With greetings from Finland,

Rainer

By: gneek

gneek — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:03:07 +0000

@Elthyra: Russian grammar is, in fact very difficult. Try Ukrainian instead. It’s an awesome language.

By: Elthyra

Elthyra — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:24:06 +0000

Esperanto looks interesting, and I think it will be easier to learn than Russian (gaaah… russian grammar is too hard >__<)~ And by the way, in french et and est aren’t pronounced the same

- Some French reader

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:13:24 +0000

Sadly, I could actually read the poem about the horrors of the english language. Mostly because I spend alot of time with books. It was harsh, though.