Esperanto - Easy International Language - Simple Words To Start A Conversation

Problem
I stopped learning Esperanto, and writing to people on the Facebook Esperanto page, to write a speech, than decided to write a speech about learning Esperanto.

To get my thoughts in order, and have something for people to look at, I started a keynote presentation to go with a speech. (Keynote is the Apple version of Powerpoint.)

Then I went back and started reading aloud, "Hello, everybody. Esperanto is easy." Why not translate that!

What's hello? Saluton!

I had a great idea, to translate the whole thing into Esperanto to demonstrate how easy it was. I translated each word using Google translate. Slow going. I quickly decided to reduce the text on each of my 10 slides to three sentences.

Answer
I was searching for some more information on Esperanto in Wikipedia . Then I found a handy chart.

English	Esperanto	IPA
Hello	Saluton	[sa.ˈlu.ton]
Yes	Jes	[ˈjes]
No	Ne	[ˈne]
Good morning	Bonan matenon	[ˈbo.nan ma.ˈte.non]
Good evening	Bonan vesperon	[ˈbo.nan ves.ˈpe.ron]
Good night	Bonan nokton	[ˈbo.nan ˈnok.ton]
Goodbye	Ĝis (la) revido	[ˈdʒis (la) re.ˈvi.do]
What is your name?	Kio estas via nomo?	[ˈki.o ˌes.tas ˌvi.a ˈno.mo]
My name is Marco.	Mia nomo estas Marko	[ˌmi.a ˈno.mo ˌes.tas ˈmar.ko]
How are you?	Kiel vi fartas?	[ˈki.el vi ˈfar.tas]
I am well.	Mi fartas bone	[mi ˈfar.tas ˈbo.ne]
Do you speak Esperanto?	Ĉu vi parolas Esperante?	[ˈtʃu vi pa.ˈro.las ˌes.pe.ˈran.te]
I don't understand you	Mi ne komprenas vin	[mi ˌne kom.ˈpre.nas ˌvin]
All right	Bone	[ˈbo.ne]
Okay	Bone	[ˈbo.ne]
Thank you	Dankon	[ˈdan.kon]
You're welcome	Ne dankinde	[ˌne.dan.ˈkin.de]
Please	Bonvolu	[bon.ˈvo.lu]
Forgive me/Excuse me	Pardonu min	[par.ˈdo.nu ˈmin]
Bless you!	Sanon!	[ˈsa.non]
Congratulations	Gratulon	[ɡra.ˈtu.lon]
I love you	Mi amas vin	[mi ˈa.mas ˌvin]
One beer, please	Unu bieron, mi petas	[ˈu.nu bi.ˈe.ron, mi ˈpe.tas]
Where is the toilet?	Kie estas la necesejo?	[ˈki.e ˈes.tas ˈla ˌne.tse.ˈse.jo]
What is that?	Kio estas tio?	[ˈki.o ˌes.tas ˈti.o]
That is a dog	Tio estas hundo	[ˈti.o ˌes.tas ˈhun.do]
We will love!	Ni amos!	[ni ˈa.mos]
Peace!	Pacon!	[ˈpa.tson]
I am a beginner in Esperanto.	Mi estas komencanto de Esperanto	[mi ˈes.tas ˌko.men.ˈtsan.to de ˌes.pe.ˈran.to]

Vocabulary[edit]

Main article: Esperanto vocabulary

The core vocabulary of Esperanto was defined by Lingvo internacia, published by Zamenhof in 1887. This book listed 900 roots; these could be expanded into tens of thousands of words using prefixes, suffixes, and compounding. In 1894, Zamenhof published the first Esperanto dictionary, Universala Vortaro, which had a larger set of roots. The rules of the language allowed speakers to borrow new roots as needed; it was recommended, however, that speakers use most international forms and then derive related meanings from these.

Since then, many words have been borrowed, primarily (but not solely) from the European languages. Not all proposed borrowings become widespread, but many do, especially technical and scientific terms. Terms for everyday use, on the other hand, are more likely to be derived from existing roots; komputilo"computer", for instance, is formed from the verb komputi "compute" and the suffix -ilo "tool". Words are also calqued; that is, words acquire new meanings based on usage in other languages.

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I thought I would print out ten copies of the chart and go around the room asking everybody to say one sentence.

That makes a great speech, or party game. I'm going to try this out in the west and east; in London, England, and in Singapore.

Travel Information
If you want to visit sites connected with Esperanto's creator, Zamenhof, you can viit Poland or England. Statues of Zamenhof are around the world. See my previous post.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland
https://www.poland.travel/en-gb
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/is-it-worthwhile-learning-esperanto-how.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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