Alex Miller talks about the constructed language of Esperanto and compares being an Esperantist to being a wizard at Hogwarts or a Star Wars Jedi. Alex is the vice president of Esperanto-USA and the author of five bilingual children's books in English and Esperanto. Check out the links below for more information.
00:01 A sample sentence in Esperanto
00:21 What is Esperanto? A brief history of its creation
01:35 Conjugating the word "manĝi"
03:07 Using the prefix "mal-"
03:46 Masculine and feminine nouns in Esperanto
04:04 Okay, it's easy, but why learn it? (Wizards and Jedi)
05:47 What is Pasporta Servo?
06:49 The Propaedeutic Value of Esperanto (Guitar vs Ukulele)
8:36 Closing words on how Esperanto has been enriching
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Esperanto-USA – https://esperanto-usa.org/en
Alex's Amazon Author Page – https://www.amazon.com/Alex-Vaughn-Miller/e/B06XK2PL5Y
An Update Video on Alex's Books – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuZqEnAuiJA
A great website for learning Esperanto – http://lernu.net/en
A great textbook for learning Esperanto – https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Esperanto-Learn-write-understand/dp/1473669189/
You can learn Esperanto for free via Duolingo – https://www.duolingo.com/course/eo/en/Learn-Esperanto
Join the "Duolingo Esperanto Learners" group on Facebook to get real-time help from expert Esperanto speakers all over the world.
A 49-min English audiobook from 1972 about Esperanto – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACSnapTdAY
Here's a playlist of bilingual short films that Alex has directed – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLok8ZOY6AYjgW6JejYQw1vHgB1V_490rk
Here's a playlist of Alex's grammar and vocab lessons – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLok8ZOY6AYjiNPWsTAaKskKB2uuojCnAl
Here's a chat between two American Esperantist YouTubers about the language – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejuDcSXr9_c
Here's a video from an American Esperantist teacher about achieving fluency – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN_rA3GNNcA
Here's a video from an Australian Esperanto vlogger about the uses of the language – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf83hCF5Cxg
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