Archive for 'Esperanto Language'
Discussions in the Comedy Community Posted by Transparent Language on Jan 11, 2010
Yes, Esperanto has been the target of many a joke. For all its praiseworthy qualities, it has a lot that can be mocked. (In the English-speaking world, for example, the verb for “to fare” has a suspicious phonetic resemblence to a wholly unrelated verb…) There’s also an “article” about Esperanto in a certain “dramatic encyclopedia”…
Denominations of Time Posted by Transparent Language on Jan 5, 2010
Esperanto has always enjoyed a remarkably intuitive number system. We use root words for the cardinal numbers 0-9, and then there are various prefixes to denote larger and larger multiples. So, where languages like Spanish have words like cuarenta for 40 [N.B. – Thank you for catching me in yet another moment of stupidity, Toraku!]…
Bonan Novjartagon! Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 31, 2009
In my part of the world, we have three hours left of the decade! Had I any semblance of forethought, I would have tried to find parties in multiple different time zones, so I could ring in the new year more than once. As matters stand, there will only be one new year for me…
Teaching and Research Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 30, 2009
The comprehensive website Edukado provides a huge repository of Esperanto teaching materials. I stress the “teaching” aspect, rather than “learning,” because the site is designed with a practiced Esperanto speaker in mind. If you know the language well enough, and would like to have some documents and lessons to help you teach others, Edukado is…
Dethroned At Last Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 29, 2009
Have you been looking for Transparent’s Esperanto Blog via a search engine? For a good, long while, this blog used to be the first result if one searched “Esperanto Blog” in Google. However, it seems that the more than capable Ted Alper has eclipsed this particular publication! Congratulations, Mr. Alper. I’m not certain whether or…
New Decade, New Resolutions! Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 28, 2009
It’s hard to believe that 2009 is winding to a close. La miljaro (millennium, literally “thousand-year”) has seen its first decade, and now we find ourselves in the thick of the 21st Century. We’re at a pretty momentous point in world history, I think, and it calls for some New Year’s Resolutions that are thorough…
Classic Winter Toy Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 21, 2009
Do you have snow where you live yet? For me, winter began about two weeks ago with the first snowfall, and the snow continues to pile up all across my region of the States. Some people dislike the snow, since ili bezonos sxoveli, but I love all the fun activities that come with it. (And…