Esperanto
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Add the app. Literally 5-10 minutes a day and you will start to pick up stuff. It is easy and kind of fun. At the very least it is a good brain activity to do.
Already being fluent in Spanish would help me pick up Italian, I think. German is the language of my bloodlines (other than English), so I've always wanted to learn it.
leftyjace
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The second Tree for Esperanto on DuoLingo is coming soon... I'm excited to get a crack at it.
I was starting to do Spanish on DuoLingo, but I gotta be honest... I just don't like it as much as doing Esperanto.
Esperanto is just a much easier language to learn and work through stuff in. It makes it a lot more fun to practice.
Ĉu ni havas Esperantajn komencantojn ĉi tie?
EDIT: spelling mistake...
I was starting to do Spanish on DuoLingo, but I gotta be honest... I just don't like it as much as doing Esperanto.
Esperanto is just a much easier language to learn and work through stuff in. It makes it a lot more fun to practice.
Ĉu ni havas Esperantajn komencantojn ĉi tie?
EDIT: spelling mistake...
leftyjace
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Hey guys, for those of you learning this, there's an Esperanto Cheat Sheet in this Facebook group that is just AMAZING.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/duolingo.esperanto.learners/files/
If you can't get into it because you're not part of the group and want the file, let me know and I'll e-mail it to you.
It's pretty damn cool.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/duolingo.esperanto.learners/files/
If you can't get into it because you're not part of the group and want the file, let me know and I'll e-mail it to you.
It's pretty damn cool.
leftyjace
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You're probably right. But I would say I hope it gets to that point more than I would say I think it will get to that point.
I guess I'm just caught up in the vision.
Joe Bagadonuts
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I just downloaded it. I'm starting with ten minutes a day.
Mi kiam mi ne estas komencanto.
Also I had to translate about half of yours and mine might not make sense.
Mi kiam mi ne tia komencanto
leftyjace
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The way I read them was like this:
Me, when I am not a beginner.
Me, when I am not such a beginner / that kind of beginner.
Tio estas kion vi diris, ĉu ne?
leftyjace
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Nice! If the "Like" capability was still up, I totally would Like this post.
Alas... all you get is Rep.
EDIT: Oh snap - just saw the new way to "Like" a post. Well, you get both!
Joe Bagadonuts
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I'm glad you pointed duolingo out to me. I like the app a lot. I'm less excited about Esperanto, though. I'm going to switch to French. More useful to me, plus my daughter is starting it in school.
leftyjace
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Hey, I can't blame you. That'd be awesome to be able to practice with your daughter!
leftyjace
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So some news items on Esperanto.
On DuoLingo, Esperanto for English Speakers is up to 939,000 learners. That's pretty huge... just under 500,000 in less than a year, and approaching a million users at less than the year-and-a-half mark.
Esperanto for Spanish Speakers is now launched, and is up to 164,000 learners.
That means that on DuoLingo, you've got 1,104,000 people learning Esperanto! That's pretty cool! Granted, some of those might be "inactive", like we see happen with a local religious organization - they are still counted on the books, but are no longer practicing. But that's still pretty darn cool, given that the number of people that speak Esperanto frequently worldwide is estimated to be at 2 million or less.
Also, a fun article from a renowned Polyglot about Esperanto, and why he highly recommends everyone study it:
https://www.fluentin3months.com/2-weeks-of-esperanto/
On DuoLingo, Esperanto for English Speakers is up to 939,000 learners. That's pretty huge... just under 500,000 in less than a year, and approaching a million users at less than the year-and-a-half mark.
Esperanto for Spanish Speakers is now launched, and is up to 164,000 learners.
That means that on DuoLingo, you've got 1,104,000 people learning Esperanto! That's pretty cool! Granted, some of those might be "inactive", like we see happen with a local religious organization - they are still counted on the books, but are no longer practicing. But that's still pretty darn cool, given that the number of people that speak Esperanto frequently worldwide is estimated to be at 2 million or less.
Also, a fun article from a renowned Polyglot about Esperanto, and why he highly recommends everyone study it:
https://www.fluentin3months.com/2-weeks-of-esperanto/