I was out with two Esperanto friends having dinner last night and a couple sat next to us interrupted to ask us which language we were speaking. They had actually heard of Esperanto but thought it was dead. Nope. Definitely not dead.
2 years ago · 👍 digbat, eph, johano, devyl, ew0k, justyb, gordonguthrie, cobradile94
@ew0k, 💯% agree, Duolingo is good to practice with but mediocre outside of practice. They keep trying to sell me a subscription as they remove features and don’t update any of the (weird text-to-speech) pronunciation for the courses I’m in. · 2 years ago
@platypus_laser I originally learnt via the Richardson book “Learning and Using the International Language”. There’s an even better modern book, "Teach Yourself Esperanto" by my friends. Aside from that, Duo is okay for some casual learning but the key is to use the language often. Lots of Esperanto speakers use Telegram: check https://telegramo.org. The magazine from TEJO called Kontakto is also a great resource for learning and for discovering cool things about the world via Esperanto. · 2 years ago
gratulegon, @digbat! vi lernas rapide 😃 · 2 years ago
I tried duolingo too but ugh… the courses are great, but the app is by design extremely annoying. · 2 years ago
i tried one or two others - found that duolingo best for me also. mi komencanto sed lernas multe · 2 years ago
@eph dunno why I didn't think of Duolingo... · 2 years ago
@platypus_lazer I used Duolingo and would say I have a passable handle on the language · 2 years ago
I keep meaning to look into learning Esperanto (I'm currently a big preoccupied with German). Any suggestions for palces to learn? · 2 years ago