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Post by pickinduck on May 27, 2009 23:12:31 GMT -6
Sherlew estas bona, sxi estas mian amikon Do you think I did that right? It's noun (subject) - verb - adjective - pronoun - verb - possessive adjective - noun (object). Do we put an "o" at the end of peoples names? I checked out that dictionary. I can see it coming in handy. It would be nice to have a real one to just scan through. The last part of lesson 2 is hard to make notes of
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Post by joepyne on May 28, 2009 6:27:41 GMT -6
Esperanto is a cool universial language. Kinda like Ebonics.
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Post by pickinduck on May 28, 2009 9:48:46 GMT -6
Hello Joepyne Thank you for your comment. We think that its cool also. Did you think about taking the free course?
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Post by pickinduck on May 28, 2009 10:15:53 GMT -6
Sherlew I found something interresting Look in lesson 2 at the bottum of that box that shows how est' is used. Look how one is spelled oni. Now go to the end of lesson 1 and look at the list of numbers they gave us. 1 there is spelled unu.
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 28, 2009 10:22:14 GMT -6
Sherlew estas bona, sxi estas mian amikon Do you think I did that right? It's noun (subject) - verb - adjective - pronoun - verb - possessive adjective - noun (object). Do we put an "o" at the end of peoples names? Except for the x in si, it looks good to me. As for placing an o at the end of someone's name, I'm not sure, probably not. I skimmed through the rest of the coursework and didn't find any answers to that question. The best thing to do would be to ask our tutors. I checked out that dictionary. I can see it coming in handy. It would be nice to have a real one to just scan through. The last part of lesson 2 is hard to make notes of There should be Esperanto dictionaries that you could purchase, at least online. Lesson 2 is harder to make notes of. I suspect that although making notes engages the brain better, it can only get us so far. But then, we can help each other or email questions off to our tutors.
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 28, 2009 10:25:10 GMT -6
Sherlew I found something interresting Look in lesson 2 at the bottum of that box that shows how est' is used. Look how one is spelled oni. Now go to the end of lesson 1 and look at the list of numbers they gave us. 1 there is spelled unu. That's probably because unu is a number, and oni is used to refer to ones' self.
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Post by pickinduck on May 28, 2009 10:38:51 GMT -6
I just email my tutor the questions. That "x" is correct. Look in the lesson at how "she" is spelled. When you don't know how to make that symbal over the letter you put an "x" after it.
A note about the orthography. The Esperanto alphabet contains these six letters bearing diacritical marks: ĉ ("hat c"), ĝ ("hat g"), ĥ ("hat h"), ĵ ("hat j"), ŝ ("hat s"), ŭ ("hat u"). If you can't see these letters properly on your computer screen, the course material is also available here with a special notation that uses the digraphs cx, gx, hx, jx, sx and ux, respectively, to represent esperanto's special letters.
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 28, 2009 10:40:07 GMT -6
Oops, that's right, I forgot. Been working too hard, I guess.
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 28, 2009 21:56:40 GMT -6
Sent off lesson 2 this even. Glad I waited until I'd gone over it again. Found some more mistakes. It should be pretty good now.
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 28, 2009 23:28:49 GMT -6
Got the results back. Made two spelling errors on #5 and #16, but really did miss # 17 and # 20.
He also pointed out that with #14, Her old friend didn't write: Sxia malnova (old/ not new) amiko ne faris scribas, one might use maljuna instead, to indicate an older person. Either one is correct, depending on the context.
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Post by pickinduck on May 29, 2009 6:34:27 GMT -6
You did much better then me on lesson 2. So we can both start on lesson 3 now right? I got a reply from my tutor and you were right about 1 & one. He also said most people just spell their names how they are but you could add the "o" if you wanted to esperantonize it.
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 29, 2009 10:04:03 GMT -6
Um, don't really want to Esperantoize my name, so am glad that most people don't change theirs.
Go ahead and get started on Lesson three. I'll probably look at it this morning before going to work.
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Post by pickinduck on May 30, 2009 10:42:32 GMT -6
Hey Sherlew Did you look through the music at the esperanto-usa book store yet? That's what I'm doing now. What do you think of this one?
JAZSPERANTO $28.50 Kaj STRIDELL - 11 old-timers mainly from the United States (e.g. "Pennies from Heaven", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Takin' a Chance on Love"), played in jazz fashion and sung in Esperanto. Includes sheet with lyrics. 2003. CD. Running time 48'21". Sweden.
If you look through the music let me know if you see anything that looks good?
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Post by pickinduck on May 30, 2009 11:30:46 GMT -6
What song do you think this sounds like?
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Post by pickinduck on May 30, 2009 11:45:36 GMT -6
What does this song sound like?
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