Aug 24

Summer Esperanto Study

This year I found out about Esperanto, the international and neutral language, which is also the world’s easiest to learn. It encourages open cultural exchange without preference to any particular speaker. I very much liked the idea, but I wanted to see if it really worked! So, I signed up to the first international Summer Esperanto Study program in Slovakia, which was organized by Lernu ; a website for learning Esperanto for free. I saw an international community that I never knew existed. I found out that Esperanto isn’t just a language; it’s people and ideas that work together. I hope that this video shows exactly why this was only the first of many Esperanto events that I will be going to.

If you would like to see more, there are photos and all the unedited videos on my flickr profile.

If you liked this video, please leave comments! :)

11 Comments »
  • http://esperantajxoj.wordpress.com Fajro

    Great Video!

  • http://esperanto.memlink.ca Brian

    Maith thu! Dankon pro la bonega kaj entuziasmiga filmeto. Mi ĝojas, ke vi malkovris nian lingvon k esperas, ke vi bone progresos. Faoi láthair tá mé ag foghlaim na Gaeilge – ba mhait liom tabhair cuairt ar an nGaeltacht – b’fhéidir an bhliain seo chugainn. Slán as beannacht! Kaj amikajn salutojn!

  • russ

    Saluton,
    Bona filmeto! Mi volis iri al tiu evento, sed mankis tempo… tro multaj interesaj eventoj okazas en la somero! :)

    Mi feliĉas ke la kunveno tiom plaĉis al vi kiel nova Esperantisto, kaj dankon ke vi tiom bone kaj entuziasme raportis pri ĝi!
    russ (en Pollando)

  • Bill Chapman

    I have just come back from an international holiday in Plouezec, Brittany, where the only language used was Esperanto. 150 people from Britain, Germany, Russia, Poland all spent a week talking, singing, and learning together usiing this delightful language. It really works, and deserves more than just grass-roots support. 150 people from Britain, Germany, Russia, Poland all spent a week talking, singing, and learning together usiing this delightful language. It really works, and deserves more than just grass-roots support.

  • http://www.ipernity.com/home/Kravejs Jegor

    Saluton el Latvio!
    Dankon al vi por la filmeto!

  • http://webosophy.ning.com Pieter Jansegers

    I really love Esperanto, but it isn’t the world’s easiest language anymore: since Toki Pona a language of only 118 has been developped. (Based upon the semantic fundamentals of all languages.)

    http://www.tokipona.org/

  • http://lingtechguistics.wordpress.com Missy (of course)

    I agree with Benny that it is a composite of culture, temperament, history, and linguistics because of it being selected as the axis for the Selten/Pool (e) model study. I also agree w/Pieter that Esperanto is not the world’s easiest language mainly because language is not just the use of words, but the utterances of thought and emotion. Way complex.
    Meanwhile, I fell in LOVE with Esperanto thanks to Benny and I shall be there next year.

  • http://worldmediablogs.com/ sleenesak

    http://www.irishpolyglot.com – great domain name for blog like this)))

  • Glavkos

    Bonegxe Benny…

  • http://molista.blogspot.com/ Glavkos

    Bonegxe Benny…

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