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Instruments in Esperanto Posted by on Sep 22, 2009

One of my neighbors will soon graduate with a degree in Music Education. Per her request, here are some words for expressing your choice of musical instrument in Esperanto! I couldn’t hope to represent an entire orchestra’s worth of instruments, but I figured I would offer you a list of some of the more common…

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-Isms Posted by on Sep 22, 2009

Perhaps it’s because I’m a student of philosophy, but I find that I deal with lots of “-isms” on a daily basis. Taoism, capitalism, anarchism…There are a great many schools of thought out there. Much like the English suffix “-ism,” there is an Esperanto infix that means virtually the same thing. Try using “-ism-” when…

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Medical Terms and Emergencies Posted by on Sep 18, 2009

A recent blood drive I attended has me in a medical mindset. It occurred to me how infrequently I’ve heard medical terms used in Esperanto, since so much of my Esperanto communication over the years has been through writing! Although (with luck!) you may never find yourself in an emergency situation that requires you to…

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Read or Die Posted by on Sep 17, 2009

My next-door neighbor in the dorm is a huge fan of all sorts of anime, a term for a lengthy animated series from Japan. I don’t usually partake, but occasionally I catch a glimpse of what he’s watching. Today I became acquainted with his latest pastime, a series known as Read or Die. Under normal…

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The Right Way To Write Posted by on Sep 14, 2009

Using your knowledge of Esperanto, you know that “to write” is “skribi.” So, if you wanted to think of what tool you would use when you wish to write something, you might combine the root “skrib-” with the infix for “tool, “-il-,” and finish it off with an “-o.” The end result would be “skribilo,”…

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Patience is a virtue… Posted by on Sep 11, 2009

I might have mentioned before that I don’t have control over approving all your comments. Of course, I review all of them, and put in a good word for the better percentage of them! That’s why it sometimes takes a little while for your insightful commentary to appear on the blog. As luck would have…

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Back to School Posted by on Sep 7, 2009

Now that school has resumed for children and adults alike, I cannot help but think about education. Admittedly, a lot of those thoughts are about how to pay for education, but that is beside the point! I usually find myself thinking about educational theories, and how to go about teaching particular topics. My train of…

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