Esperanto at Stanford University

Reference Material

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Read this first! Pronunciation. And extra pronunciation help for “Americans”.
Lesson Zero - Grammar - Warning! Do not attempt this at home without a teacher for explanation. The International Language is simple, but not too simple.
1. Basics
2. Grammar In General - not just Esperanto
3. Endings - how to make words
4. Affixes
5. Pronouns
6. Word Order
7. A few More things
Lesson 1 - Sentence Building - Vocabulary Building & Coloquialisms - After seeing lesson zero and the simple structure of Esperanto the communication begins very quickly.
Lesson 2 - Affixes - Vocabulary Building - With the regularity of Esperanto, affixes will help build vocabulary extraordinarily fast.
Lesson 3 - Correlatives - Vocabulary Building - Esperanto has a simple way to connect some of the most commonly used words in any language.
Lesson 4 - Participles - Vocabulary Building and the last Grammar lesson - Web version in progress! - No, that's been wrong for years. I won't have a web lesson until i can figure out how to write a good one. There are lots of lessons online, and i dislike them all. You'll have to come to class to get the impact of this.
Mini lessons
- Vocabulary Building with “ig” and “iĝ” [“igx”].
- Organized words - pli, plej, plu; etc.
- The reflexive "si"

Everyday Phrases in Esperanto
Graded vocabulary lists: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 . Here are the most used 1000 roots with links to the ReVo dictionary.
Numeroj - Numbers
Monatoj/Tagoj - Months/Days
Prepozicioj - Prepositions
Finas kun “-aŭ” - Ends with “-aŭ” [“aux”]
In progress: “Falsaj Amikoj” - a list of “False Friends”. Words that are very similar to words in English, but mean something totally different. (For example, “adulta” does not mean “adult” it means “adultery”!)