Esperanto?

wolf · 11-02-2004, 12:09 PM

I thought Esperanto was officially declared dead a couple years ago. Nice to see that there's some attempt at a resurgance. One of my college friends decided he wanted to learn Esperanto at one point. He would excitedly tell us things about it, particularly those aspects of grammar that made it much easier to learn.

He got as far as constructing one sentence before he quit. He was a lot better at Fortran, APL, and Assembler.

Myoi bonoi granoi domoi is about as close as I can come to rendering it.

What does it mean? "I am many big good houses."

I also once knew someone who collected "Please pass me that squirrel sandwich" in different languages. I lost that friend as a consequence of a divorce. Not my own. I was a friend of the guy that ended up with the wife.

(I've vaguely thought about learning at least one Native American Language, and dabbled at Ancient Greek, but self-study of a language is not the easiest thing.)

Troubleshooter · 11-02-2004, 12:29 PM

Just do latin. It's the language with the most ties to all of the rest you'll ever see anyway.

11-02-2004, 12:09 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I thought Esperanto was officially declared dead a couple years ago. Nice to see that there's some attempt at a resurgance. One of my college friends decided he wanted to learn Esperanto at one point. He would excitedly tell us things about it, particularly those aspects of grammar that made it much easier to learn. He got as far as constructing one sentence before he quit. He was a lot better at Fortran, APL, and Assembler. Myoi bonoi granoi domoi is about as close as I can come to rendering it. What does it mean? "I am many big good houses." I also once knew someone who collected "Please pass me that squirrel sandwich" in different languages. I lost that friend as a consequence of a divorce. Not my own. I was a friend of the guy that ended up with the wife. (I've vaguely thought about learning at least one Native American Language, and dabbled at Ancient Greek, but self-study of a language is not the easiest thing.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-02-2004, 12:29 PM	#2
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Just do latin. It's the language with the most ties to all of the rest you'll ever see anyway. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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