Teach Yourself Esperanto

216 Pages·1968·8.939 MB·English, Esperanto

by  John Cresswell, John Hartley

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TEACH YOURSELF
ESPERANTO
By
JOHN CRESSWELL,
Diploma of the British Esperanto Association
and
JOHN HARTLEY, M.A.,
Diploma ofthe British Esperanto Association
THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES PRESS LTD
ST. PAUL'S HOUSE, WARWICK LANE
LONDON,E.C.4
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CONTENTS
Page
Preface to the Second Edition
Introductory Lesson
Lesson One - - - - - 15
Spelling and Pronunciation-the Numbers
Lesson Two - - - - - 21
— — —
Nouns La—Kaj The Pre—sent Tense
Correlat—ives —Kiu a—nd Tiu Prefixes an—d
Suffixes Ge In Ej La Familio
La Domo (Family and House)
Lesson Three - - - - 28
— —
Adjectives —Personal Pronouns— Contin-
Tuioous—TKeinaseasndCTuia——JesMaaind NLea aKimobranod
(The Room)
Lesson Four— - - —- - 36
Adverbs Subject and Object Kie and
Tie—Kiel-and T-iel—E-t—Eg-—La-Urbo
(The Town)
Lesson Five 42
— —
Prepositions—The Indirect Object—The
Past Tense —Pronoun-Adjectives —The
Future T—ense Kiun,—Kion, Kian Kial
andTial -Ul—-Re -Leter-o (A L-etter)
Interpolation - - - - 51
Lesson Six — — 54
MovementTo MovementFrom The
—
The Ending -U —Names—of C—ountries
Names of Cities Uj An Pri Via
Ferio en Svislando (About Your Holi-
day in Switzerland)
—— — — ————
Lesson Seven -— -— - - 64
Imperson—al Verbs Oni More—Abou—t
Adverbs Days^ Months, etc. Er
Veterprognozo (Weather Forecast)
Lesson Eight _— > _ > 72
Furt—her U—ses of—-N —First, Second, Third,
etc.—Obi On Op —Telling the Time
DAa— Kiom and Tiom Kiam and Tiam
Radio-Kaj-Telev-ido (-Wireles-s and
Television)
Lesson Nine — — — 85
Comparison Word-Order Ad Ar
Ebl—Ind-—Id—-Notoj-Pri -La Na-ture
(Nature Notes)
Lesson Ten — 95
The Infi—nitive Prepositio—ns with an
Infinitive The Endi—ng -Us Aflfixes —as
Independent Words Kies and Ties
Pago Por Virinoj (Women's Page)
Lesson Eleven - —- —- I—- 106
Th—e Re—flexive Pronoun Sia Ig
Ec 1st Ism Datreveno de Einstein
(Einstein's Anniversary)
Lesson Twelve— - - —- —- 116
PPaarrttiicciippilaels NTouhnes—PerJfue—ctDTeesn—seAjnO—ntIaI
Ek Kelkaj Reklamoj (Some Adver-
tisements)
Lesson Thirteen - - -— - 127
Verbs Preceding t—heir Sub—jects The
IntrodAuctoryA"It" Mem Kaj Ka—j
. . .
. . . , . . . —. u. . , Neku. . . Ne—k ... —
JEemn . .F.uJe—nP.a. g. o de F.l.a.nkok.u.p.ojEs(tPrage
of Hobbies)