Printable reference material esperanto at stanford. I will try to give examples using both vocabulary and grammar. I know, youre just starting to learn esperanto or perhaps you know someone else just getting started. Every student in europe and the whole world should learn something about esperanto as part of hisher education, at least one lesson. Bennys top resources for learning esperanto fluent in 3. The first section is in esperanto and the second part is in english. Esperanto, the international language, is a language developed to make it easier for people of different cultures to communicate. As in some other languages but not in english the adjective ending a has to agree with the noun it describes. So far, esperanto whose history dates back 1887, when the first handbook was published by l. Esperanto has three simple aoristic tenses and three moods, which can be easily determined by looking at the ending of a verb. In esperanto, as in english, there are eight parts of speech. Both of these grammars were written by bertilo wennergren, a member of the academy of esperanto and a former lernu. Media in category esperanto grammar the following 31 files are in this category, out of 31 total.
This lesson teaches prepositions in esperanto, vocabulary list about directions and finally common phrases about how to introduce yourself. Verbs in esperanto are not conjugated differently for each person i. This well proven learning method is a refreshing choice in this digital age. Each page provides a clear explanation of a particular aspect of esperanto grammar with examples of use.
Many short courses are available online as brochures, worksheets. A complete grammar of esperanto kindle edition by reed, ivy. Verbs are not conjugated for person or number, only tense and mood. Facila vento easy reading in esperanto posted by chuck smith on aug 2, 2011 in uncategorized. Esperanto furthers international communication on a neutral basis. Now that we have the orthography down, let us move on to the actual grammar of esperanto. In general, they are used to link words to other words. Removed the following because gender is not used in the commonly accepted linguistic sense. We will first learn about prepositions, negation, questions, adverbs, and pronouns including. If youre trying to practice your esperanto reading then the page below should help. Word order rules 2, 3, 6 and 7 above show one of esperantos fundamental differences from english.
How to continue after the first lesson introductory lessons to esperanto open up interesting possibilities for the school profile. A complete grammar of esperanto by reed, ivy kellerman. Going through the whole page should take about 30 min. If the noun is an object n, the adjective must also be an object. With about 10,000 instructional hours at school in 10 years, this ought to be possible. A few esperanto speakers, however, primarily native speakers of english, feel uncomfortable with this usage and have come up with a new pronoun ri heshe. We suggest printing out the esperanto exercise book and working through the exercises with a pencil or a pen. Pdf is nice, but true ebook formats generally easier to. Esperanto is a living language, used for everything people use any other language for. They are introduced gradually, with adequate explanation and illustration. A full 20 pages of exercises in esperanto to help you learn the key words and phrases in the language. Nouns are turned feminine by the insertion of in between the word root and the o or oj suffix. Word order rules 2, 3, 6 and 7 above show one of esperanto s fundamental differences from english. Some esperanto enthusiasts feel esperanto is somewhat sexist in its use of pronouns as well, and have proposed a reform called riismo.
After having completed the course, you can understand the most important things and form sentences to express yourself. There are 16 basic rules of esperanto grammar, established by its founder, l. The phantom of the opera chapters 3 and 4 by manuelagilardi. Written originally in russian under the pseudonym l. Esperanto at stanford printable reference material. That is, if the noun is plural, the adjective must also be plural. The language was initiated by ludwig lazar zamenhof, who created the grammar on the. Zamenhof, a polish eye specialist has been the most successful planned auxiliary language. This tried and trusted learning method is a refreshing choice in this digital age. In esperanto, adjectives are grammar coded with an a ending.
Some esperanto speakers feel the need for a nongenderspecific singular pronoun to refer in the third person to human beings. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in esperanto to help you practice your daily phrases. More than 44 pages of exercises in esperanto to help you learn essential words and phrases in the language. A complete grammar of esperanto kindle edition by reed, ivy kellerman. Esperanto is not based on romance languages though a lot of the vocabulary comes from romance languages, many ways in which words are used and some of the grammar are derived from slavic languages of which zamenhof was a native speaker.
Learn esperanto with an exercise book download for free. Some texts are originally written for facila vento while others are made easier from already existing texts. Esperanto is a constructed language intended to be used for neutral international communication. Lernu this excellent website has three different esperanto courses, depending on your learning style. Esperanto is a constructed language that is not usually taught at schools. The site also has live chat, an active forum, and the best esperanto dictionary available. Free esperanto vocabulary list this is the supplement to the free 10 lesson esperanto course that was provided in pdf format from. The main difference between the use of the definite article in esperanto and in english is that in esperanto the article, with a singular noun, may be used to indicate. You will be able to sharpen your comprehension and understanding of the sample text below, which is part of the article 26 and 27 from the universal declaration of human rights. Do not attempt this at home without a teacher for explanation.
A complete grammar of esperanto the international language with graded exercises for reading and translation together with full vocabularies by ivy kellerman, a. Each lesson then introduces new words to your vocabulary. The international language is simple, but not too simple. Esperanto, the international language is taught at stanford universitys international center, during the academic year, tuesday nights from 7. You are free to think that esperanto would be better if people used ci, ico or whatever, but that is irrelevant. Many short courses are available online as brochures, worksheets or interactive download packages. Even people who cant remember a word of a language they studied for years in high school or college need only months of intensive study to become fluent in esperanto. A complete grammar of esperanto kindle edition by reed. The tenses are quick and easy to learn because we only have to change the verb ending to indicate the tense.
Zamenhof and the esperantoenglish dictionary by montagu c. For the plural, the letter j must be added to the singular. The esperanto grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. Free esperanto vocabulary list this is the supplement to the free 10 lesson esperanto course that was provided in pdf format. But its much easier to learn than a national language. Publication date 1910 usage public domain topics epo, esperanto book, esperanto grammar publisher chicago. We suggest printing out the esperanto exercise book and doing the exercises with a pencil or a pen. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a complete grammar of esperanto. Nouns in esperanto can be nominative or accustaive. In esperanto, all singular nouns end in o, regardless of gender, and all plural nouns end in oj. The grammar explains how each grammar rule is implemented in esperanto. Gamzefon, this study was unpublished for 100 years. Theres a ton of stuff to read online, but it all feels a bit too difficult. About 80% of the word roots are of latinromance origin, therefore esperanto is close to the indoeuropean language family as regards vocabulary and grammar.
Training worksheets, propisi for practicing handwriting in pdf. All adjectives end in a or aj if the noun is plural 3. Each lesson introduces and discusses in english several basic rules of esperanto grammar. Here you can find literature interactive and downloadable worksheets. It is designed to have a highly regular grammar, and as such is considered an easy language to learn. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Esperanto is spoken around the world and has about 2 million speakers. Perfect for use on a smart phone or an ipad using the ibooks app. First, we shall discuss nouns, or more properly substantives. It is now spoken by at least two million people, in over 100 countries. Such words, like affixes, are withheld until the use of. It is to furnish not merely an introduction to esperanto, or a super. Red riding hood and the wolf roald dahl by dalaesq.
Make the most of your trip to work by learning esperanto grammar on the way. The subject of a sentence and nouns that follow prepositions excluding differentiations between movementplace, see below are nominative. Zamenhof 18591917, published his lingvo internacia in 1887 under the pseudonym dr. The grammatical rules below are the most important in esperanto and help connect words or shape the structure. A complete grammar of esperanto by ivy kellerman is beautifully organized into 60 short lessons of 3 or 4 pages each.