Wednesday, September 30, 2015

   I am doing some better at understanding the audio of the Duolingo course IF I use earphones to feed it right to my ear. I still miss a good number of them both because of the audio questions, and my own lack of word recall ability and language structure errors. Especially that darn accusative -n.

   It sure would be cool though if Duolingo had video as well as audio for the course. Particularly for some of the words that one would normally catch in conversation if you could see the speaker's mouth pronouncing the words. I still appreciate all the work that goes into making the course though. 

   I am on day 73 of a day streak and do not plan to lose it. (with no freezes used yet). I will yet conquer the course, even if I am the last student. I am still at level 11 and 195 lingots. I have been wagering 5 lingots for 7 day regularity to get 10 back. I will save my lingots to spend on language tests.... once I have the confidence up that I can get a decent score that will not be discouraging to me.

    Erik, My new language buddy has been a great motivational force. He is enjoying learning Esperanto very much. So far we have been using greetings when we meet and sharing a few learned words. I look forward to being able to have basic conversations with him. He does a good amount of side research into the language.

   My Wife and Brother are not currently active in learning Esperanto other than a few occasional sentences.


   I have been doing 1-4 lessons a day lately to keep the tree gold for much needed memory practice with previous lessons and occasionally will do another new lesson.

I have been doing 1-4 lessons daily to keep the tree gold for practice with previous lessons and occasionally will do another new lesson.

Monday, September 21, 2015

  Ni havas a nova lingvo kamarado. Li estas nun nivelo 5.  Ni havas bona fojo kune.

  Mi estas ankoraŭ ĉe levelo 11, sed ankoraŭ laboras per recenzo.  Mi estas koloro oro per leciono "Affixes 1" kaj daŭros recenzi per la "Affixes 2" tiam kontinui kun la lecionoj mi ne havas finas ankoraŭ ne. aŭskultas al la lecionoj aŭdio estas  iom faĉila nun.  Ho, estis tiu ne amuzo lerni.  Aŭdio estas multa laboras lerni al aŭskultas tro.  

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Anglan by Google tradukas: We have a new language companion. He is now level 5. We have a good time together.

   I am still at level 11, but am still working through review. I am color gold through lesson "Affixes 1" and will continue to review through the "Affixes 2" then continue with the lessons I have not finished yet. listen to the lessons audio is a little easier now. Oh, was it not fun to learn.  Audio is a lot of work to learn to listen too.

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Reached level 11 on Duolingo


    There are 25 levels to go in Esperanto, so I have a long ways to go. But I just hit level 11 while reviewing.  I have all gold through the Numbers Lesson and will continue reviewing.  Then I will be ready to start on Affixes 2.

   Reviews are taking me a long time as I am having great difficulty distinguishing many sounds correctly.  Have tried with internal and external speakers, earphones, and a bluetooth headset.  Many sounds sound alike or like another sound entirely.  This makes it discouraging and hard to fill in the gold.  It is good that I really like the saying "Never give up, never surrender, full speed ahead"  (Galaxy Quest)  #KOR "Neniam perdu esperon, neniam kapitulacigas, plenrapide antaŭen" (Galaksio Serĉado)

   I am getting the idea from posts at the Duolingo Learners Forum that it is, 'possible' to finish the tree around level 11, but others will finish according to their abilities. And just because you finish at level 11 would not necessarily mean you are well versed. ALL will actually without a doubt need more review and practice whether level 11 or 25

   I would like to listen to more stories using frazoj from the course according to levels. I have been trying to listen to 'Pasporto al la tuta mondo'. I get more of it now but still need listening practice. I am however getting tired of listening to it. I do not get much of 'Gerda Malaperis' yet. Alas 'Mazi en Gondolando' is more my comprehension. It is like 'Sesame street' all over again. Who says you can't have a second childhood' ;)

UPDATE: Sept 15 - (Copied from a Duolingo forum progress update) I am still at Level 11 with 3158 all time XP EO from the beginning.  Often I only do my 10 xp minimum.  I have missed about 3 days, the rest have been 4 streaks.  Current streak is 57 days.  Before Duolingo I primarily used Memrise and an email tutor.  Currently going through Duolingo is quite enough for my brain to keep up with so I do not regularly use other resources.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Ni Venas Paroli Kun Vin En Vian Lingvon

Ĉi tiu malonga rakonto estis lerna ekzerĉo de mi kaj korektita kun helpo de volontuloj.
This short story was a learning exercise by me and corrected with help of volunteers.

Ni Venas Paroli Kun Vin
En Vian Lingvon
We come to speak with you in your language
Listen to audio file of story Averto, Komencanto leganto
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EO: Ni devas iri al Tero por viziti kaj instrui ilin pri la sekretoj da la universo. Vi scias, ke  ili havas multajn lingvojn, sed ni devas serĉi iliajn arĥivojn por universala lingvo, do ni ne partianiĝos pri ilia politiko.  “Sinjoro, Mi trovis ĝin, kaj Sinjoro, ĝi estas tre simila al nia lingvo. Ĉi tiuj Teranoj estas pli civilizitaj ol ni pensis. “Bone!” La estro diris“Ni povas lerni ĝin dum nia vojaĝo”………
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EN: We have to go to Earth to visit and teach them the secrets of the universe. You know they have a lot of languages, but we have to search their archives for their universal language, so we not take sides with their politics.  "Sir, I have found it, and sir, it is very similar to our language. These humans are more civilized than we thought.” "Good!" The leader said, "we can learn it during our trip" .........                                                                              .
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*** Lumŭaro poste…  A light year later... ***
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EO: Ilia kosmoŝipo nun alteriĝas kaj iliaj belaj ekstermondaj elvenas. Ili komencas komuniki kun la Teranoj kiuj ĉirkaŭis la kosmoŝipon en la universala lingvo, kiun ili trovis en libroj de la arĥivoj de la Teranoj.
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EN: Their spaceship now lands and some handsome aliens come out. They start to communicate with the Earthers that surround the ship in the earth's universal language from the books they had discovered in their archives.                                                     .
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EO: “Saluton! Ni vojaĝis longan veni vidi vi. Ni eĉ lernis vian lingvon,” la eksterterano diras.                             .
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EN: “Greetings! We have voyaged long to come to see you. We have even learned your language.” The alien says.
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EO: La Teranoj aspektas perpleksaj. La eksterteranoj taksas ĝin stranga, ke ne eblas komuniki kun ili en ilia propra internacia lingvo.     .            
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EN: The Earthers look perplexed. The aliens find it odd that they can’t communicate with them in their own international language.                                   
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EO: “Saluton! Ĉu povas vi kompreni nin?” La eksterteranoj diras.


EN:  “Greetings! Do you understand us?” The lead alien says.
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EO: La Teranoj miriĝas pri tia, kian ajn tiuj strangaj eksterteranoj parolas.. “Saluton?” ili diras “Povas vi kompreni nin? Ni volas kompreni vian eksterteranan lingvon.  Eble ni povas negoci por via propulso teknologio.” Ĉar la teranoj pensis, ke povus esti bona por ekonomia profito.
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EN: The humans wonder in amazement at whatever alien language these odd aliens must speak. “Hello?” they say  “Can you understand us? We want to understand your alien language. Perhaps we can trade for your propulsion technology” as the humans thought it could be good for economic profit.”
       
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EO:   La eksterteranoj diras inter si mem,  “Ĉi tiuj homoj difektas, ni devas instrui al ili scion, sed ili parolas malinteligentan lingvon.”
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EN:   The aliens say among themselves. "These people are damaged, we have to teach them knowledge, but they speak an unintelligent language."                         .
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EO:   Kelkaj aliaj preterpasantoj aŭskultas la eksterteranojn peni instrui al ĉi tiu grupo de homoj la lingvon kaj ridas al ili, ĉar la preterpasantoj komprenas la lingvon, kiun la eksterteranoj uzas. La preterpasantoj parolas al la eksterteranoj kaj komencas komuniki kun ili la veran sekreton de la universo…
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EN:   Some other passers by hear the aliens try to teach this group of humans and they laugh at them as they understand the language the aliens are using. The passersby talk to the aliens and start communicating with them the true secrets of the universe...                .
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EO:   La eksterteranoj estas kontentaj kiu ili havan trovan kelkajn homojn kapablan da parolas kaj instrui ilin da sekreton da la universon.  Kaj ĝi estas ne pri profitan ĝi estas pri amo kaj partoprenin kun por onin alian.  Ĝi estas al malfrua por la homoj tiu estis ne ĝenan  lerni ilia propran universan lingvan….                         
                          . La Fino ~ The End
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Trodorloto sinoniman: Eksterteranoj havas decidas al venas al Tero sed havis al decidas sur unu lingvon al uzas Komuniki kun. Ilin decidas sur la universalan lingvon en ordon al manifest ilin senpartieco kiel terojn politikojn. Ho ve ilin trovas tiu multa da le Terhomoj ne eble konas la universalan lingvon. Unufojon ilin torvas Terhonoj kapablaj al uzas ilin novan lingvon ilin estas kapabla al instrui ilin la sekratojn de la universon tiu havos venan al partoprenan.  Sed la sekratojn tiu kelka estas esperon por estis  ne la sekratojn la ekstermondoj havos venas al partoprenan...     Kelka de la rakonto estas ambaŭ en Anglon kaj Esperanton sed la sekratojn de la universalan estas nur en Esperanto…                        .


Spoiler synopsis:   Aliens have decided to come to earth but had to decide on one neutral language to use to communicate with.  They decided on the universal language in order to show their neutrality as to the earth politics.  Alas they find that many of the earthers do not even know the universal language. Once they find Earthers able to use their new language they are able to teach them the secrets of the universe that they had come to share. But the secrets that some were hoping for was not the secrets the aliens had come to share...  Some of the story is both in English and Esperanto but the secrets of the universe are only in Esperanto…            .