Since I’m a student of English, I typically bemoan the decline of proper grammar due to Internet chatrooms and instant-message programs. However, when brevity is imperative, I can see how a few bits of contractions or abbreviations may be appropriate. There are a few commonplace contractions in Esperanto that you might encounter during casual online interaction, and so I thought it might be useful to discuss some of them here. I’ve only run into a few of them in my experiences, so feel free to comment with any of yours if you think they might be useful!<\/p>\n
espo<\/strong> = Esperanto, the language we all know and love Since I’m a student of English, I typically bemoan the decline of proper grammar due to Internet chatrooms and instant-message programs. However, when brevity is imperative, I can see how a few bits of contractions or abbreviations may be appropriate. There are a few commonplace contractions in Esperanto that you might encounter during casual online…<\/p>\n
\nstas\/stis\/stos\/stus\/stu\/sti<\/strong> = All the various conjugations of “esti”
\nsxli<\/strong> = “Sxi\/Li,” for when “they” is not gender-neutral enough
\nsal\/sa<\/strong> = Abbreviation of “saluton,” for hello
\nsalugxis<\/strong> = A merging of “saluton” and “gxis la revido,” somewhat like the Hawaiian “aloha”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"