So many people learn Esperanto and I wonder what is the deal with it? I really wanna know because I have no clue at all, sorry (^^)> It looks very similar to Spanish so I can understand part of what you've written, but what is so fascinating about Esperanto? :)
i can`t really answer your question as i`m sure different people find different things fascinating about the language just like with Japanese or any other language.
i started studying Esperanto in 2003, which would mean i`ve studied it about as long as i`ve studied Japanese had i kept studying... *sigh* i can`t even really remember what originally got me into the language... perhaps it was the fact that it`s easy to learn... what has kept me interested in the language over the years, however, is the fact that its beautiful to me and that i can and do talk to people all over the world in it. unlike with the "international" language that is English, there is something different about speaking Esperanto with someone in Brazil, France, etc. *shrugs*
I also heard that USUALLY you don't really learn any foreign language in school in America? You CAN take "language courses", but it's not something you HAVE to do? No wonder people would feel like studying something by themselves then :) Compared to what people in Europe have to learn .... and not all of it makes always sense. I had to study English, Latin (WTF?!), French (that was a "language course" I chose and dropped again after 1 year XD) and Spanish. Apart from French I needed all those languages in order to graduate. Some other schools offer Greek instead of Latin, though.
I might have heard about Esperanto and Basque in my Spanish lessons, but can't barely remember. I read somewhere that Basque is considered to be the most difficult language in the world btw. O__O I wonder where Esperanto stands.
that`s not true at all. :o i am fairly certain that once you enter high school anywhere in the US you HAVE to study a language for atleast 2 years of a language to graduate. the offered languages are usually very limited (Spanish, French or German with Japanese becoming more common only recently), but yeah... you cant even enter many universities without atleast 2 years of a language under your belt.
as for where Esperanto stands in terms of difficulty, it is probably one of the easiest languages to learn in the world. :p
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It looks very similar to Spanish so I can understand part of what you've written, but what is so fascinating about Esperanto? :)
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i started studying Esperanto in 2003, which would mean i`ve studied it about as long as i`ve studied Japanese had i kept studying... *sigh* i can`t even really remember what originally got me into the language... perhaps it was the fact that it`s easy to learn... what has kept me interested in the language over the years, however, is the fact that its beautiful to me and that i can and do talk to people all over the world in it. unlike with the "international" language that is English, there is something different about speaking Esperanto with someone in Brazil, France, etc. *shrugs*
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Compared to what people in Europe have to learn .... and not all of it makes always sense.
I had to study English, Latin (WTF?!), French (that was a "language course" I chose and dropped again after 1 year XD) and Spanish.
Apart from French I needed all those languages in order to graduate.
Some other schools offer Greek instead of Latin, though.
I might have heard about Esperanto and Basque in my Spanish lessons, but can't barely remember. I read somewhere that Basque is considered to be the most difficult language in the world btw. O__O
I wonder where Esperanto stands.
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as for where Esperanto stands in terms of difficulty, it is probably one of the easiest languages to learn in the world. :p
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