Archive for 'Esperanto Language'
Esperanta Literaturo Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 21, 2009
Believe it or not, Esperanto has a deep literature all its own. While most of the literature one finds in Esperanto consists of translations of works written in other languages, such as the free etexts available on gutenberg.org, a respectable number of authors have taken to writing original Esperanto works. Luckily, their numbers grow all…
La Verda Stelo Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 21, 2009
In your studies of Esperanto, you may have encountered La Verda Stelo, one of two major symbols of the language. It’s a readily recognizable image, easy to draw and easier to print! You might wonder where the symbol came from, or why the Esperanto movement decided on the green star as its emblem, so here…
Esperanto en Usono Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 19, 2009
Since Esperanto has no native land of its own, sometimes it can be malfacila to find others who speak Esperanto. It is not something you would expect to find concentrated in any particular area. In Spain or Mexico, it’s a safe bet to assume that most people you encounter will speak Spanish; in France, it’s…
Brief Notes on L.L. Zamenhof Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 19, 2009
Who is L.L. Zamenhof? To studentoj kaj parolantoj of Esperanto, Zamenhof is a hero of sorts, whose singular contributions to world language have been greater than any individual before or since. He has even been deified in the Shinto religion of Japan, where he is recognized as a “kami.” (studento = student; -j = denotes…
Responses from an Esperanto Student Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 19, 2009
When I tell people that I speak and study Esperanto, their reactions range from surprised to confused to skeptical. The ones who are surprised have little to no idea what Esperanto is supposed to be; those same people probably did not know that Esperanto existed in the first place. The confused wonder where I picked…
Bonan Novjartagon! Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 19, 2009
Bonan Novjartagon, miaj amikoj! The year 2008 is all said and done, and it certainly chose to end with a bang of its own. Here in Usono, the air is bitterly cold and windy, but that didn’t prevent the most devoted of us from going out and celebrating the new year! I find it difficult…
Martin Luther King Day Posted by Transparent Language on Jan 19, 2009
Hodiaux en Usono ni celebras la penadojn de Martin Luther King. We don’t have enough political heroes to celebrate in America, unfortunately. We have our founding fathers, a handful of spectacular presidents, and a few civil rights leaders worth commemorating. While it seems to some that our culture has not produced multaj herooj, I say…