How I became fluent in Esperanto

[@IcouldBNE1]

I had to stop Esperanto on Duolingo after awhile because on my phone app I wasn't getting grammar tips and I was finding it hard to continue. Now I'm reading "A Complete Grammar of Esperanto" by Ivy Kellerman Reed, and it's helping quite a bit.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I generally don't recommend the Ivy Kellerman Reed book. It was written in the infancy of Esperanto and uses a lot of grammatical terminology which isn't really necessary for learning Esperanto. The Richardson book is inexpensive and available as an ebook or paperback. You could also log onto the web version of Duolingo and read the tips and notes. I usually recommend FEC, which is the email based course that Lernu kun Logano was based on.

[@IcouldBNE1]

Esperanto Variety Show Ok, thanks for the suggestion. I was under the impression that Esperanto, for the most part, hasn't changed that much except for the addition of new vocabulary to keep up with modern technology.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

It's not so much that Esperanto has changed - although it has. The bigger problems are (1) that the world has changed, and (2) language teaching methodology has changed. Not only is the vocabulary in the Kellerman book outdated (for English as well), but she tries to force Esperanto into a traditional grammatical framework which doesn't really apply. There are lots of texts from that era from people who had just learned Esperanto themselves and then saw themselves fit to teach it.

[@IcouldBNE1]

Esperanto Variety Show I found the PDF for "Teach Yourself Esperanto" so I'll give that book a try instead. Thanks.

[@jaerivus]

@@IcouldBNE1 I was gifted that book in paperback years ago, but it wasn't until either February or March (when sheltering at home began in the USA) that I really cracked it open, and I personally have absolutely loved it and its approach. These days I'm augmenting my studies with Duolingo (which I've kinda allowed to take focus), but being only about a third of the way through Universala's Teach Yourself Esperanto, I'd still recommend it very highly. I'm very grateful to have it at my disposal and intend to finish it (even if Duolingo keeps running interference!)

[@shadowthehedgehog9190]

I like the idea of being fluent in Esperanto. I finished the Duolingo tree, a book called Esperanto for Beginners by JF Conroy, and I keep a "secret" diary in Esperanto. But I have social anxiety, so I don't really want to do Ekparolu and definitely not Pasporta Servo, and I have no one in real life who is interested in learning it; so, I have no one to really talk to. What's the point of fluency if you can't speak with others? I guess I'll settle for "good enough" to read and write things in Esperanto. Maybe one day I'll be less self-conscious and actually able to talk to others in real life using Esperanto.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

So... what are you comfortable with? I would suggest doing the Lernu kun Logano course on this channel. Sign up for a free email tutor and actually send in your lessons. (Only a few people actually do.) It's a lot different from Duolingo and I've heard from multiple Duolingo learners that they find their understanding really jumps when they do the email course. At least one of my italki students have told me they're not comfortable with ekparolu (it's not clear to me why) but they're comfortable talking with me. I don't see the difference, but I don't judge either. Whatever works.

[@shadowthehedgehog9190]

I signed up for the e-mail correspondence course. It looks like fun. Thanks!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Woo hoo! Be sure to let your tutor know you're watching the videos. :-)

[@TruFlyFox]

I'm using the email course and I really like it. Thank you Dr. Smith, my email tutor.

[@roundtuit2587]

Mi sentas vian doloron, Shadow. Mi ankaŭ havas socian anksiecon. Paroli kun fremduloj kaj en intervjuoj estas tre timiga.

[@NeonSonOfXenon]

The distinction between fluency and comfort in a language, that really put things into perspective for me... -Samuelo

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

That's an interesting point. What do we even mean by "fluency"?

[@TransmogriBenno]

People make mistakes in their native language, so making mistakes in Esperanto (or any other language) isn't any kind of problem IMHO.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Dankon - cetere, mi intencis diri jam delonge ke vere placxas al mi via uzulnomo en KZbin.

[@fenlet6062]

What you what?

[@nextlifetimebrendan3940]

Miksita beno i agree!!

[@enysuntra1347]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow 0:41 Tomaso, nun estu tre forta - via hundo vere estas kato!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

@@enysuntra1347 - Mia kara Misty. Sxi estis tre maldika. Mi ja estas forta, sed tio estas alia afero.

[@dimetronome]

Thanks for all of your hard work, Tomaso. I started teaching myself Esperanto as a kid, when I saw Esperanto mentioned in my Scout handbook and I later came across Cresswell's TYE (1960s Ed.) in my local public library. I fell in love with the language, but it was impossible finding anyone to speak with, being a kid in a small town in the pre-social media era. I forgot about Esperanto for 25 years, but when I saw it added on Duolingo, I returned to the language and instantly remembered how much I loved it as a child. With all the online resources and Esperanto speakers on social media nowadays, I feel inspired to continue my studies and I hope the language will see a resurgence. I appreciate all of your hard work and your responses on Duolingo are so useful. Just wanted to say thanks.

[@fitzburg63]

Esperanto estas tre bela kaj facila lingvo, via kapablo paroli esperante revenos rapide, amike, Geo.

[@maizena2762]

Con tu vídeo práctico inglés y esperanto al mismo tiempo, esto es buenísimo

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Tre bone!

[@teresita.lozada]

I just reactivated my Esperanto while I keep expanding my French vocabulary.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

What methods are you using to do that?

[@teresita.lozada]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow So far, Duolingo, a website called Ba Ba Dum for vocabulry in pictures and hopefully other websites and Esperanto related KZbin channels to listen to the language.

[@paulkiss1981]

I was interested in Eo for some time in the mid 2000s, then I forgot about it. Recently I decided to add the Eo course on Duolingo to my Spanish course. I was amazed that I still remembered the basics... BUT MORE THAN THAT I was astonished over the speed of my progress in Eo. Like an easy walk! In 95% of the cases, I easily give correct answers. If Spanish on Duolingo feels like doing a task, the Esperanto course feels like entertainment, which is also still very intellectual.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Bonege. Mi esperas, ke vi trovos multajn bonajn rimedojn por lerni.

[@Daleymop]

Dankon pro la bona filmeto. Mi tute konsentas, la plej bona metodo por lerni Esperanton certe estas simple uzi la lingvon. Mi komencis lerni antaŭ ses monatoj, dum la unua tri, mi sola lernas per Duolingo, poste mi povis legi kaj skribi bone, sed ne paroli aŭ kompreni kiam mi aŭskultis ĝin. Poste mi lernis per klaso de Riĉardo "Evildea" kun aliaj esperantistaj lernantoj. Kaj nun mi povas paroli kaj skribi pli bonege! Mi eĉ ne uzis vortaron por skribi ĉi tiun komenton. (Se mi eraris, bonvolu korekti min) Dankon kaj ĝis

[@peacefulamerican8803]

Mi povas tute kompreni vin!

[@RaulPerez-IC]

Mi uzis Duolingon dum unu jaro kaj kvar monatoj por lerni Esperanton, mia celo estas paroli iomete flue. Mi sekvos vian konsilon pri lasi komentojn en filmetoj de homoj kiuj parolas Esperanton. Koran dankon pro la video. Mi akceptas korektojn :D

[@seanmacleod1724]

Saluton ! Mi estas komencanto. Mi logas en Skotlando. Thank you for all the effort you’ve put into your KZbin channel. I will certainly be using your videos as I take my “Baby steps” in this fascinating language. Dankon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😊

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Hey, I'm so glad to hear from you. Comments like this really mean a lot. In 2020 I ended up doing a lot of one-on-one teaching which made it hard to keep up with the videos, and for the last year I've been working full time at the post office - which also makes it hard. I really want to get back into making videos in and about Esperanto and hearing that people are still watching is a real mental boost to this end. Bonan lernadon al vi.

[@seanmacleod1724]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow Good to hear from you. I have my first Zoom meeting with the Nottingham Esperanto Club on Sunday the 5th of December. They seem to be a very active club with lots of enthusiastic members. They're nearly 400 miles south from my location, but that doesn't matter with the internet. I will be incorporating your videos with my other learning material, because every little bit helps, and it's great to listen to people speaking Esperanto. So.... daŭrigu la bonan laboron. daŭre inspiru homojn, kaj havu pacan Kristnaskon. 🙏

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

@@seanmacleod1724 Dankon. Pacan Kristnaskon ankaŭ al vi. Ĝuu la renkontiĝon.

[@glowrequiem]

Mi ankaŭ lernas esperanto. Vivas!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Bonege. Mi esperas ke vi trovos interesajn aferojn en EVS.

[@alanguages]

Esperanto now has a C2 level test. Have you considered taking that particular test? I read the first one was done in Montreal, Canada last year 2022.

[@kay_bear1731]

Mi lernas la Esperanton en Duolingo kaj mi ŝatas ĝi. Estas tre facila kaj bela lingvo. Mi volas fariĝi flua kaj via avizo estas tre helpema. Mi provos la librojn vi rekomendis ankău. Dankon!

[@OBnice777]

is esperanto like the ukulele of languages? just came up with that. i want to learn this!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

As a matter of fact, ukulele was the first instrument I learned how to play (not counting some failed music lessons in years past.) I played ukulele before it was mainstream. At that time it was next to impossible to find a ukulele which wasn't a toy. I had my grandmothers ukulele which was a real, playable instrument. Now you can buy quality ukuleles in any music store. I've never heard this comparison, but I have heard Esperanto compared to the recorder. The idea is that we can teach it to children - not so they'll become master recorder players, but so they can learn various things about music and playing an instrument which will serve them later in life after they've decided what they want to learn. Did I mention, I was a member of the local Recorder Society chapter for a while and treated the recorder as an end to itself? My approach is that the best reason to learn Esperanto is to speak with Esperanto speakers. I hope you enjoy Esperanto.

[@OBnice777]

Esperanto Variety Show thanks!

[@ronaldonmg]

Some people call it the * recorder* (we dutch call it blockflute, as it doesn't record anything) of languages. You can learn it to prepare for learning a more complicated instument/language

[@13unnyjpg]

Mi amas esperanton!!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Ankaŭ mi!

[@fitzburg63]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow Ni ĉiuj sentas la samon.

[@daviddebilov2301]

Dankon pro la interesega filmeto. Mi volas paroli flue, kaj viaj filmetoj helpas! Ĝis.

[@bhutchin1996]

I used that very same book, TY Esperanto, in 2004 to learn the language.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Ĝi estas bona libro - ankoraŭ uzebla, kaj trovebla en la reto. (Ĝi ne plu estas havebla.)

[@bhutchin1996]

Oni povas aĉeti ĝin uzatan ĉe Amazon, sed ĝenerale estas multekosta.

[@peacefulamerican8803]

The Blakester Experience mi devus serĉi ĝin en Amazon-o

[@nicholaskreifels8102]

I enjoyed this video. My goal is fluency. I'm currently working through duolingo, and The Esperanto Teacher a course for non grammarians. After that I will seek more learning opportunities. I've been off and on studying for almost 10 years, and in the last month, I have decided that I want to be fluent and now I study daily.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Tre bone! Ne forgesu la plej bonan metodon por fariĝi flua en Esperanto - uzu ĝin!

[@TruFlyFox]

I'm learning Esperanto recently and at first I felt like I could really do this and then the further I've gotten and also adding literature, the more I think it's actually impossible. 😂😂 Trying to look up words in the dictionary is impossible because of the agglunative nature. Still, I really like it and am sticking to it. I'm hoping one day things will start to click again like in the beginning.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

The fact that you think it's impossible (but are sticking to it) is a good sign. I worry about the people who have been at it for 10 minutes and think it's really easy. I give a lot of advice in this video (and in the two followup videos). I hope you will apply it. Also, don't be shy about coming back to ask for help. If you get stuck on breaking up words into the component parts, try the Simpla Vortaro (www.simplavortaro.org/). I worry that it could hold you back if you use it TOO much, but it will get you out of a jam.

[@TruFlyFox]

Esperanto Variety Show, thank you! I will use your suggestions to further my study and definitely will be back. I watch a video, think I understand it all, stumble across it later and am so surprised there is so much more I hear with additional study under my belt. It's almost like there are hidden messages in plain sight. 😉😊

[@thane_snipes]

Saluton! Mi lernis Esperanton dum ok tagoj. Mi amas ĝin! Via video estis tre bona, dankon. Ĝis!

[@frnandoh]

Hooo... Bonega skribado!

[@MooseEatsBear]

La vorto por la angla vorto "video" en Jutubo aŭ la interretno estas "filmeto", ne "video" =)

[@ereno5475]

I am learning esperanto for 3 days and I am already able to understand you that's so cool lol

[@theletterwynn]

Saluton! Mi antaŭ nelonge trovis vian KZbin-kanalon! Ĉio, tiun vi diskutis en ĉi tiu video enspiris min por ĉesigi mian hiaton kaj rekomenci lerni Esperanton. Ĉu vi konas iujn Esperanta rakontvideojn?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Kiajn raktontojn vi volas vidi. Mi volas fari rakont-filmetojn.

[@theletterwynn]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow Unu de miaj plejŝatitaj rakontoj estas La Eta Princo (The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupery). Animita filmo de ĉi tiu estus bonega! Alie, fabelojn, kiel Cindrulino (Cinderella) aŭ Ruĝkufulino (Little Red Riding Hood), mi ankaŭ ŝategas.

[@epbmetal7399]

Saluton Tomaso. Mi lernas Esperanton per Duolingo kaj legas viajn respondojn en la forumo. Mi volas flue paroli cxi tiun lingvon, do mi konsideros viajn konsilojn.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Vi jam tre bone kaj senerare skribas. Gratulon.

[@FernandoMaiaJr]

Rapida aktualigo: nun jam estas la KER-ekzameno por la nivelo C2! Dankon pro via video - kvankam jam de 6 jaroj, ĝi enhavas multe da utilaj rekomendoj kaj indikoj pri materialoj!

[@CaptainNucleus]

Vi parolas ankaŭ la germanan? Kiom da aliaj lingvoj vi parolas?

[@peacefulamerican8803]

Mi pensas ke li nur parolas Esperanton, la germanan kaj la anglan.

[@rock_633]

I really wanna become fluent in Esperanto but I don't have anybody around me that actually speaks Esperanto irl. I maybe could possibly find some people online that I could call or skype but I don't really know how

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

As we speak, I'm on day 2 of a 10 day group class via Zoom.

[@jaerivus]

How does one take the KER-Ekzameno these days? Is there a test online?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I'm the wrong person to ask. Look for the podcast "Rakontotempo" and ask Austin. He'll know.

[@NoahNobody]

My favourite book for learning Esperanto is "Esperanto per 501 vortoj".

[@talongodin2253]

Dankon amiko! Mi provas lernas la lingvon kun Duolingo, kaj mi ankaŭ havas librojn en Esperanton. Mi volas paroli kun homoj por pliboniĝi, ĉar mi estas komencanto.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Bone. Kie vi logxas kaj kiam vi komencis lerni Esperanton?

[@cirobezerra8230]

Hi! I'd like to know if in your country Esperanto has some religion beheind the moviment. Maybe you haven't got my idea, that's because my English is an work in progress so I don't know how to use it how I'd like but I mean... here in Brazil, people that speak Esperanto are probably Spiritists, I'm not saying to study Esperanto have to be Spiritist or something like this... but I've already noticed that because 90% of people who I could talk about the language have some kind of contact with this religion here in my country, got it? I have things to say but my text is very long so I'll per here. Best Wishes!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I've heard that 50% of Brazilian Esperanto speakers are Spiritists. It's not like that in the US. I'm interested in what else you wanted to see. Feel free.

[@oldben5772]

Here in the UK there is definitely no religious motivation connected with Esperanto.The national Anglican (Episcopalian) church used to hold a regular Esperanto service in London, probably not any more. There is a Quaker Esperanto Society, though in my experience surprisingly few Quakers are interested. There is also an international Christian Esperanto society centred mainly in Holland with RC and Protestant branches.

[@Quyanxi]

Dankon por vian videon kaj ideoj!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Mi ĝojas, ke vi trovas ilin utilaj.

[@Zooiest]

Saluton! Mi estas komencanta lernanto de Esperanto. I know a lot of the basics of Esperanto, but I haven't been quite able to grasp accusatives, especially in complex sentences like "I understood transitive verbs and accusatives" - wouldn't that be something along the lines of "Mi komprenis transitivecajn verbojn kaj akuzativojn"? Why or why not?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I'm not sure why YT is showing me this now and not before -- but if you still have questions - I would encourage you to join my mailing list and send me an email. esperanto.ck.page

[@ahawkuafie]

Great channel 👍

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Dankon.

[@thatb1h855]

aussi je veux parler l’espéranto, mais je le trouve être difficile. ma tête ne peut pas comprendre !!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Well, it looks like French isn't a problem. You're halfway there. :-)

[@thatb1h855]

Esperanto Variety Show l’espéranto l’appel aussi ?? ou un autre version je suppose

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

@@thatb1h855 - mortas de ridado... multe da ridado

[@thatb1h855]

Esperanto Variety Show merci ! aussi, j'ai commencé un cours aujourd'hui. je l'aime bcp ! je peux dire mdr. c'est bien apprendre les mots pour mourir et rire mtn

[@thatb1h855]

Esperanto Variety Show et j'ai conpris ta réponse !! t'as dit !

[@ALVARITO2370]

Mi vere ŝatas la informon. Dankon. Salutoj de la Panamo. Gatulon

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Nedankinde. Bonan lernadon al vi!

[@ethanraj8476]

Is Esperanto a good first "foreign langauge" to learn?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I always tell people that Esperanto is a good language to learn if you want to speak with people who speak Esperanto. If you haven't learned another second language and you think you'd enjoy Esperanto, by all means, go for it. You'll hear people say that Esperanto will jump start your learning. This may or may not be true, but for me it's not a good reason to learn Esperanto. What I like about Esperanto is when you learn it, you never know where it's going to take you. Less so for other languages.

[@ethanraj8476]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow Thanks for replying.I guess the ultimate goal of Esperanto as been achieved and the number of Esperanto learners will only increase with popular apps like duo lingo offering courses and content creators like yourself encouraging more people to join the international community. So yeah,I will probably give it a go and see how commited I remain to learning the langauge.

[@ronaldonmg]

@ Ethan Raj yes definitely. Because it is relatively easy, you will get to the joy of actually speaking it without being slowed down by all kinds of irregularities. It will make you learn your second (and third or fourth) foreign language faster See wikipedia Propaedeutic_value_of_esperanto

[@linamape8808]

How can I get people to talk to through emails? How can I get their emails?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Which emails?

[@mertcelik8842]

What kind of jobs with knowledge of Esperanto?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Do you have an answer in mind?

[@mertcelik8842]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow So so 😅 Just I wanted to ask

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

@@mertcelik8842 - I'll say this. I also have invested a lot of time into learning German and never found a way to use German professionally... until I started teaching Esperanto. My own experience is that people don't generally learn foreign languages to make money. English may be an exception, but I also have a sense that many English speakers THINK that English is going to help them make money and it doesn't quite work out that way. If a person has something of value to bring to the world, the more ways he/she can connect with other people the more ways this person will have to get that thing of value out there

[@VulcanOnWheels]

9:43 I live in The Netherlands.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Lucky!

[@davidquino2860]

Saluton, I know it may not be related to precisely how long it took you to actually achieve that C1 level, however... So, you felt comfortable in esperanto after a year; but how long had you been studying prior to that C1 test and did you also take tests for the lower levels? You're lucky, b/c in my case, I would need to travel to another country just to take any esperanto test (at least to get a nice certificate like yours). Do you happen to know if there are any samples of this esperanto tests online in case one desires to prepare for it? Dankon, tre interesa video!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I don't know how "lucky" I am here - I drove 1400 miles (round trip) to take the test. It took me 20 years to get the certification. By that time is was pretty much a formality. I have helped others prepare for the test. Information on the various tests is on edukado.net - but not the actual test. Basically, if you want to prepare for the test, work on real fluency.

[@davidquino2860]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow Thanks for kindly replying. That distance is still kinda short in comparison xD. It's a bit odd that there are no test samples, but alright; I guess I can sorta understand why. Much obliged for the info you provided. Greetings!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Kie vi loĝas?

[@davidquino2860]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow Mi logxas la centra-ameriko.

[@levigriffin5553]

Dankon por viaj videoj kaj ideoj pri estiĝi flua. Mi rigardos viajn videojn kaj lernos tion kion mi povas. Question: "rigardi" seems to mean "to look" rather than "to watch." Is this the correct word, or is there one with a more accurate and specific meaning for this use? Thank you in advance.

[@TransmogriBenno]

People usually say 'spekti' for things like TV shows and movies (which is recognisable from 'spectate' in English); you're right in that 'rigardi' is more like 'look (at)'

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Vidi - La informoj venas al vi per la okuloj. Rigardi - Vi atentas ion, vi direktas vian atenton al io por vidi ĝin. Spekti - Vi sidas kaj ĝue vidas ion. Spekti filmeton. Spekti teatraĵon.

[@AnthonyEhrhardt]

Mi parolas Esperante antaŭ 33 jarojn, kiam mi havis 10 jaroj, sed mi haltis kiam mi iras al la universitato. Mi rekomencis dum la jaro 2000 kaj plibonigis mian vortaron. Mi nun aŭskultas "muzaiko" rete.

[@brycecannon2503]

Dankon pro la video. Ĉu vi konas libron, ke estas facila legi en Esperanto?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

"Gerda Malaperis" estas la kutima sugesto.

[@j1jh002]

Dankon:)

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Nedankinde. :-)

[@MarkEmperor]

I really want someone to speak Esperanto with me.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

The first step is to say the same thing... but in Esperanto.

[@yannrahm1962]

či tiu video estas tre bona inspiro

[@cheshirepat30]

ĉu vi ŝatas Duolingo?

[@levigriffin5553]

cheshirepat30 Duolingo estas tiel kiel mi eklernis Esperanton. Kiom longe vi povas paroli en Esperanto? Mi eklernis antaû du aû tri monatojn.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

@cheshirepat - Jes, mi ŝatas ĝin. Mi tamen diris en la filmeto ke lernanto ne uzu nur Duolingon por lerni. Uzu Duolingon plus unu aŭ du libroj (aŭ elektronikaj libroj). Parolu kun aliaj personoj (kiel vi faras en la komentoj tie ĉi!). Krome, en la filmeto mi diris ke gravas *mergiĝi* en Esperanton. Mi opinias ke Duolingo vere malhelpas pri tio. Duolingo estas komenco, ne fino.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

@Levi Griffin - "Levi" estas bona nomo por Esperantisto.

[@cheshirepat30]

Jes! Mi estas komencanton. mi uzis Duolingo lerni hispana (kun aliaj aferoj), sed mi ankaŭ lernis esperanto. Dankon!

[@levigriffin5553]

Esperanto Variety Show Dankon, mi ŝatas mian nomon, kaj mi amas ke ĝi signifas "to raise" en Esperanto.

[@captivatedlunt1895]

Esperanto is such a cool and sexy language i don’t understand why it’s not a universal or mainstream language I feel like if the language doesn’t have a place of origin meaning if it doesn’t have an official country then the USA should be its second language because why not I mean we only ever speak English here why not Esperanto and all the other lost languages? I’m trying to learn Esperanto myself hopefully I’ll be fluent enough to pass it onto my future kiddos by the way do you think Duolingo is a good place to learn this language?

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Every English speaker who learns Esperanto in 2020 ends up on Duolingo. It can be a good place to learn some vocabulary and to reinforce what you're learning elsewhere. I would suggest starting with Lernu kun Logano on this channel and the course at free-esperanto-course.net -- you'll want to get a book to work through... and you might consider working with a tutor.

[@captivatedlunt1895]

Esperanto Variety Show thanks for the feedback I’ll definitely try that 🙏

[@TheBoringEdward]

You almost look like a doppelgänger of my IT senior.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I betcha he doesn't speak Esperanto like I do!

[@BrianHevlin]

Mi lernas per Duolingo, Memrise, Lernu.net, paroli kun miaj amikoj, kaj yutubo kanaloj kiel ĉi tio. Me volas ankaŭ trovi pli da personoj por babili kaj aĉeti iom da libroj.

[@fredrikarkefeldt6816]

La libroservoj de Universala Esperanto- Asocio kaj ankaŭ Flandra Esperanto-Ligo vendas bonajn librojn!

[@fuitbythefoot]

translated: I learned with Duolingo, Memrise, Lernu.net, to speak with my friends, and KZbin channels like this. I want to also find more people to chat and to buy some books

[@thatb1h855]

i just noticed saluton looks very familiar to salut !! mon cœur français chante mdr

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

mdr in Esperanto is mdr. :-)

[@adventureguy4119]

man im lost are the 50 era books still worth it i hate dual lingo

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

I'm not sure I'd recommend starting with a book from 1950, but I thought I mentioned a few other books that I would still suggest using. The newest is Complete Esperanto by Tim Owen. Yes, it's worth it. As for Duolingo - while just about EVERYBODY learning Esperanto these days ends up over there, I don't think it's a great tool for learning Esperanto. It should never be your primary method for learning Esperanto. I'm not posting a lot of new stuff on KZbin - but there's a good back catalog to check out. Mostly I'm posting to my mailing list : esperanto.ck.page -- it'd be great to have you following along, including hopefully a free course announcement.

[@anduril2695]

Kiom da lingvoj vi povas paroli? Mi ĝuste komencas lerni ĝin ĉi tie jaro, sed mi pensas, ke ne estas tro malfacila. Tamen, mi jam parolas du latinajn lingvojn, Hispanan kay portugalan, do la leksiko estas iomete fácil-lernado (sed la gramatiko estas pli malsimila). Nun mi ŝatus enfoki min en lerni la usadon de la -n haha. 🙂 Dankon pri viajn videojn!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Kio estas "lingvo"? Kion signifas "paroli"? :-)

[@derekfrost8991]

Cxu ankau via kato komprenas esperanton? :)

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Bedaŭrinde ne plu. :-( Efektive, kiam miaj infanoj estis malgrandaj, mi senpripense parolis e-e al ĉiuj katoj kaj beboj - ne nur al la miaj.

[@traviswade0]

Saluton! Mi lernas esperanto kun mia koramikino!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Bonege! Bonan lernadon al vi kaj ŝi!

[@traviswade0]

@@EsperantoVarietyShow Dankon!

[@Nick-rs5if]

Zamenhof was a genius!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

He certainly did a lot of things right.

[@jpburklow]

Mi memoras vian kanton je Radio Verda antaux ol kelkaj jaroj. :)

[@Barisdagame]

I want to be able to think in esperanto tbh

[@bantorio6525]

... no pierdan el tiempo estudiando esperanto ... el tiempo es oro y es mejor emplearlo estudiando una lengua real de uso extendido como el inglés o el español o quizá el francés u otra lengua específica si es que vas a trabajar o vivir en ese país ...

[@Troy_KC-2-PH]

Flashcards ... Ho bone bumer (okay boomer) 😁 ... ankaŭ mi estas "boomer" (aŭ "buster")

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Was that meant to be constructive?

[@Tanglangfa]

Mi estas komencanto. 😁

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Mi ĝojas, ke vi trovis nin.

[@Tanglangfa]

Esperanto Variety Show mi ankau. Dankon!

[@veloboy]

Saluton!

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Saluton.

[@ah-lj5xn]

I took my first duolingo lesson in Esperanto and somehow I guessed what everything meant correctly Wth 😂

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Good job. The next trick will be to able to PRODUCE the correct translations going the other way.

[@ericray7173]

The language is designed to be that way...particularly if you know even a little bit of Spanish, German, Greek, Portuguese, Italian, English, etc. It draws from the aforementioned languages similarities.

[@interparoloj]

1:49 okazas multege eĉ pri mia denaska lingvo :)

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Jes, tio ja okazas.

[@esperanto39]

Saluton Bonvolu renkonti vin.

[@johnwathen2089]

Mia celo estas lerni fremdan lingvon - iun ajn lingvon. Mi pensas ke Esperanto donus al mi la plej bonan ŝancon de(?) fakte regi alian lingvon.

[@kacpersamborski1924]

Mia nomo estas Kacper

[@philo-phineasfrederikzen2999]

Mi ŝatas la aplikaĵon por saĝotelefono, Drops. Drops estas kiel memorigokartoj sed pli bona.

[@RedOctober_]

Saluton salivanto! Mi estas esperwolf

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Estas bone vidi vin en KZbin. :-)

[@lemonchicken507]

Vi estas bona viron :)

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Dankon.

[@EricJackson-pj9fz]

im starting to duplicate my coding comments in Esperanto, Mi komencas duobligi miajn komentojn pri kodado en Esperanto

[@pasvorto]

Dankon

[@sebastiandacuhna]

you should try learn spanish trhough esperanto, we are more than 700 millon of people speaker spanish

[@baronmeduse]

Yes, but the point here is to learn Esperanto, not Spanish. As marvellous as Spanish is.

[@abdoolsattarcassim6717]

Mi volas diri ke mi Estas tre ekstitas lerni esperanton cxar mi ne lernis miaj vortoj por longa tempon. Bedaurinde, ni Havas malgranda community de Esperanto en Suda-Afriko sed mi esperas esti tre bona

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Mi esperas, ke vi trovos multajn interesajn aferojn kaj multe da subteno en Esperanto Variety Show.

[@andreystepanovskiy]

Well, at least he's fluent in English

[@crosisofborg5524]

80% of Americans under 50 years old have a tenuous grasp of English and are still considered fluent so I wouldn’t worry about some mistakes.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Thanks for the re-assurance. Similar comments came in when the video was new. I'm not sure how "worried" I ever really was in the first place. All the same, I question your premise. Your statistic is oddly specific - and probably false. I'll defer to Steven Pinker on the question of whether the youth don't speak good. Bonus: Be sure to look up his comments on "I can haz cheezburger".

[@onlinealiasuk]

saluton

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Saluton! Kiam vi komencis lerni Esperanton?

[@GarryBurgess]

kuraĝiga filmeto

[@Angeli28]

Tiuj falintaj leviĝos ne per sia forto laŭnombraj, sed per sia kuraĝo kaj fido.

[@Verge63]

Esperanto is deader than Latin.

[@MrTwostring]

I fully agree that Esperanto is deadlier than Latin - but only metaphorically.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

Deadly!

[@fakeye]

Learn a living language. Esperanto is a waste of time. Learn Spanish or French or Mandarin. It’s ridiculous.

[@EsperantoVarietyShow]

So, what was your goal in posting this comment? Certainly you don't think someone who has been speaking Esperanto daily for 20 years is going to stop now just because some stranger on KZbin left a comment. Have you stopped to think *why* I have stayed involved with Esperanto if it really is useless? Do you know what other languages I speak?