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Word of the Day Posted by on Oct 6, 2009

The website Lernu.net is one of the best Internet resources an Esperantist can use. They have all sorts of exercises and learning materials for all different skill levels. My personal favorite tool from the good people at Lernu is their Word of the Day feature. Every day, they put up a new Esperanto word, and…

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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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Dictionary Links Posted by on Aug 5, 2009

Cxu vi deziras vortarojn? Even the best sometimes need a quick reference to help them find the word for which they’re searching. I’ve decided to list a few of my favorites here, in case anyone wanted to grab hold of one. Online, you can find a simple TXT-file version at the ever-reliable Project Gutenberg. Click…

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Having trouble with correlatives? Posted by on May 26, 2009

In my opinion, the most difficult part about learning Esperanto is tackling all the correlatives. They are quite logical in their construction (as is all of Esperanto!), and you could easily form them if you had a small, pocket-sized table on you. But, there are still a good number of them, and sometimes they can…

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Claude Piron Posted by on Apr 30, 2009

Some time ago, I mentioned the French author Claude Piron in a post. Continuing in this week’s trend of examining notable Esperanto authors, I think it’s time we paid him his due! Piron was born to be a universal author, as he worked as a translator for the United Nations. He spoke five different languages…

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Asterix in Esperanto? Posted by on Apr 30, 2009

If you’ve never visited Europe, you may not have heard of the comic hero Asterix. The series takes place in a village in Gaul (the region that is now France) during the time of the Roman Empire. Asterix and company battle the invading forces of Caesar by means of all sorts of bizarre potions, magics…

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