Esperanto - Introduction, pronouns, etc

[gemini_artemis]

I started teaching myself Esperanto only six days ago, but I've already learnt so much and I'm pretty excited about it. That's why I've decided to help promote it by posting little lessons. This is only supposed to give you a glimpse of what Esperanto is about, what it's like, etc. If you decide to really get into it, there are other, more

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[vampirenaomi]

Huhu, it looks so pretty, and I love it that the verbs are so simple. XD All those accents on top of the letters look great, too.

[gemini_artemis]

The verbs are probably the best part ever. XD They're really simple.

[mayurasan]

Interesting, I didn't know that's what it was designed for! I wish I had your talent for languages @.@

[gemini_artemis]

Aww, I'm sure you could learn it, too, if you wanted. X3 As I said, it's much easier to learn than "natural" languages, because it has no irregularities or exceptions (AFAIK).

[arrowwhiskers]

I've read a few impossibly adorable stories about people from different parts of the world who meet at Esperanto conventions and end up getting married. Their children turn out trillingual and native speakers of Esperanto--native speakers DO exist! xD Haha, it's ridiculous. And awesome.

What program are you using to type the Esperanto characters? ...Darn, you're making me want to try to learn it again. x.O; Embora *deva* concentrar-me em estudar o português...xD

[gemini_artemis]

I'm not using any program; Brazilian keyboards on Linux already come set to input Esperanto characters just like the Portuguese accents (â, ê, ô). All I have to do is press ^ then g and I get ĝ. Apparently, American keyboards also work this way on Linux. If you use Windows, Wikipedia suggests some free tools.

Aliás, como você faz para escrever os acentos em português no computador? I think most Americans have trouble doing that and end up leaving them out.

ETA: There's also this neat online keyboard!

[arrowwhiskers]

Oh wow that's so awesome that it's all built in! o.o I had no idea Linux was like that. I asked because I downloaded one of those programs ages ago onto one of my old computers, and I recall it being sort of glitchy. But it wouldn't surprise me if they've ironed out a lot of the kinks by now. The wiki site says that there is apparently a Windows Esperanto layout, which is probably what I'd end up using. :)

To type Portuguese, I use the Windows US English International keyboard, which lets you make characters common in most Western European languages, but doesn't have any Slavic characters and certainly doesn't do the ^g, etc. However, it's still a useful tool, and I think most Americans don't use it just because they don't know about it. I've had friends who were shocked to know it existed because they'd previously been writing their Spanish and Portuguese essays by copying and pasting every single time they needed to use an accented character @-@;

Thanks for your tips btw :D

[gemini_artemis]

Yeah, Linux is just awesome; I can type the strangest characters with my keyboard, even those that have nothing to do with Portuguese, like æ, ø, ð, ß, ł, ś, etc. XD

Oh, wow, copying and pasting every single time... That sounds like a lot of work and really annoying! XD The teacher really should give tips about that at the beginning of the course. I know my Japanese teachers did.

You're welcome! :D Btw, that online keyboard also has Portuguese, Spanish, and a bunch of other languages, so it's a very useful option in case you ever need to use a borrowed/public computer.

[fluffyblanket]

Ĉu vi scias pri -
http://esperanto.livejournal.com/profile
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[gemini_artemis]

Ne, mi ne sciis. Dankon!