Why Should I Learn Esperanto?

There is more than one reason to learn Esperanto before other languages. The main reason is simple: Experiments suggest that with one year of Esperanto and two years of another foreign language you master this foreign language better than with three years of that foreign language. (Experiments of Helmar Frank and others)nWhy?

n Esperanto needs only about a third of the time you need in other languages (let's say "usual western european languages") to reach a certain level. About two thirds of those who answered my poll began to use the language after less than thirty hours of studying, How long did you learn Esperanto before you began to use it? | Facebook.

This easy access is a big motivation to continue with your learning.Esperanto is a regular language with a small set of rules. Soon you'll be able to make correct sentences.

Difficult with other languages, because after many rules you have to learn even more exceptions. This feature of Esperanto gives you more motivation to continue studying the language. It's very easy to get to know Esperanto people.

Usually they'll help you to continue with your learning. More motivation.Esperanto has a system of word endings: -o for nouns, -a for adjectives, -e for adverbs, -as for verbs in present tense.

. This makes grammar much clearer to the language learning novice. "Esperanto estas facila lingvo.

" Esperanto is an easy language. nSo you are able to make the first big step in language learning: Learning the first foreign language. Usually this is the most difficult step.

After this, after contacts via Facebook and Skype and after some Esperanto meetings (quite often you don't need to travel a lot, they happen in a lot of places) probably you'll be able to speak fluent Esperanto. Then there is a second group of advantages of Esperanto for your next languages: The Esperanto network :)When my daughter was about twelve years old and after her first year of English in school, I decided it would be a good idea to travel with her to England. We did this - and we stayed with Esperanto people in different regions of England for a fortnight.

There is an Esperanto list of hosts called "Pasporta Servo", quite helpful. So this was a quite low cost travel - and we got into contact with local people, some friends of our Esperanto acquaintances.Similar thing some years later with her French - she stayed with a French family for a month and spoke Esperanto with the mother, French with the rest of the family and other people.

Quite an easy beginning.After learning Esperanto you'll get some help from people of the countries where you want to stay to learn more languages. This makes things a lot easier.

· Related Questions

What is the past tense of u201cgiveu201d?

To Choi Henry and Diana Pavao,Good question.The past tense for u201cgiveu201d is u201cgave.

u201d Its past participle is u201cgiven.u201d The verb u201cto giveu201d is irregular. An irregular verb is called a strong verb, because it changes its internal spellings when it changes tenses (e.

g., sit/sat, make/made).PRO TIP: A regular verb is called a weak verb; it creates its past tense by adding u201ced,u201d u201cd,u201d or u201ctu201d to the present tense (e.

g., learned/learnt, called, walked).For words related to u201cgive,u201d see Sarah Madden's answer to What is the noun form of the adjective 'given'?

For future questions about verbs, go to Reverso Conjugation for help (http://conjugator. reverso. net/conjugation-english-verb-give.

html) u2014 and type in a different verb in the little search box. It looks like you can use this site to conjugate verbs in other languages as well. Below is a screenshot from their page.

Keep reading, and this answer will provide additional help. FOR COMPARISON:Thank you to my Brazilian Quora friend, User-12088025325955271779, who commented on another answer: u201cI love English, so few irregular verbsu2026 Portuguese is riddled with them. Italian is even worseu2026u201d and u201cEnglish is easy!

Portuguese dictionaries have around 4 pages of irregular verbs! Italian has even more!u201dFor a list of other irregular verbs, scroll down to the bottom of this page for a chart I created.

For examples of other irregular verbs, go to:Sarah Madden's answer to What is the past participle of read?Sarah Madden's answer to What is the past tense of u201csingu201d?Sarah Madden's answer to What is the past tense of u201cswimu201d?

Below is the paradigm for most of the tenses of this verb. BASE u2014 given INFINITIVE u2014 to given PRESENT u2014 give, givesn PAST u2014 gaven PAST PARTICIPLE u2014 givenn PRESENT PARTICIPLE u2014 givingBASE FORM u2014 u201cgiveu201d u2014 This is the form in the dictionary.INFINITIVE u2014 u201cto giveu201d u2014 u201cDo you plan to give a gift to the new teacher?

u201dSIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (use u201cgiveu201d for everything except third person singular) u2014 I give, you give, he gives, we give, they giveSIMPLE PAST TENSE (use u201cgaveu201d for everything) u2014 I gave, you gave, he gave, we gave, they gaveFUTURE TENSE (use u201cwill giveu201d for everything) u2014 I will give, you will give, he will give, we will give, they will givePRESENT PARTICIPLE with continuous tenses u2014 giving u2014 (u201cHe is giving treats to his children.u201d u201cHe was giving food to the homeless all day yesterday. u201d u201cHe will be giving his wife a surprise.

u201d u201cHe has been giving money to his church for many years.u201d u201cHe had been giving his life to help others until he was martyred. u201d)PAST PARTICIPLE with PRESENT PERFECT u2014 given (e.

g., u201cHe has given many gifts.u201d)PAST PARTICIPLE with PAST PERFECT u2014 given (e.

g., u201cHe had given many presents.u201d)u2014Sarah M.

21 Feb. 2018 (updated 23 September 2019)QUESTION: I created the list of irregular verbs below. Let me know if you want other verbs added.

What is the past tense for give?

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What, if any, is the difference between "Ma Chu00e9re"/"Mon cher" and "Ma Cherie"/"Mon chu00e9ri"?

All the answers here are good.

The core difference is that u201cma cherieu201d and u201cmon cheriu201d convey an intimacy of relationship that u201cma chereu201d and u201cmon cheru201d do not. Stan, Lorenzo, and Yves all noted this in their excellent answers, and I agree.I am going to go a bit deeper and explain why the phrases convey that meaning, To do this, Iu2019m bringing in a little sociolinguistics.

The difference between u201cmon cheru201d and u201cmon cheriu201d (and also, in the feminine, between u201cma cheru201d and u201cma cherie,u201d is the addition of a social and psychological diminutive.I want to thank Dea Ardesca for a delightful education in French grammar in the comments. It turns out I was wrong when I wrote, u201cIn French the u2018ieu2019 sound at the end is a diminutive, that is, the form of address used when addressing a small child.

u201d That is true in English, as in dearie and cutie, but not in French. So it is an understandable error to make when, as a native English speaker, I see a pair such as u201cma cher / ma cherie.u201d So I was grammatically incorrect, but sociolinguistically correct.

In almost all cultures, adding a diminutive is a sign of endearment, or even love or devotion. So, when a diminutive is used to someone who is not, in fact, young and little, it is a sign of affection.Of course, sometimes the diminutive is primarily factual, such as when the object is a baby, a child, a puppy, or a kitten.

And this is a key to the meaning of its other uses, as well. All social mammals have a built-in feeling of affection for the young of their own species. The diminutive form expresses this in language.

When we want to express affection, we transfer that form. Thus, a woman might call a man her own age mon chu00e9ri even though he is not small at all, as a sign of affection, intimacy, or love.The exact meaning of the endearment varies and depends a great deal on context.

In some cases, the endearment is derived from a diminutive. In other cases, it implies intimate, familial relationship. For example, Mahatma Gandhi is often called u201cbapu,u201d which translates well as u201cdaddy,u201d and fits with his informal title, u201cFather of the Nation.

u201d He is also called Gandhiji, where the -ji suffix in Hindi is an honorific given to an elder, but also implies a familial intimacy. So the citizens of India made Gandhi their own spiritual father, a more intimate role than his political position, and expressed this by calling him Gandhiji. (Thanks to Shivani Mehta for the clarification that led to this rewrite about -ji.

) Gandhiji was a statement of deep spiritual love and affection