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VOCABULARY

Esperanto

English

Mnemonics
la the La-la-la, sing THE song.
naĝas swims, is swimming  
kuras runs, is running (river) current
ploras cries, is crying  
ludas plays, is playing Lew, doeshe PLAY?

 

NOTES

PRONUNCIATION

                D always as in DOES.  NEVER as in the American pronunciation in BODY, LADY.  Make sure to distinctly pronounce the d in ludas.

                Ĝ always as in GEORGE.  NEVER as in GET. 

                K as in SKIT, SKILL:  Even though most English speakers may not be aware of it, there is in English a difference between the K at the beginning of words (KIT, KILL) and the K preceded by an S (SKIT, SKILL). The former is said to be 'aspirated'. The 'unaspirated' K after S is a more accurate Esperanto pronunciation.

                R as in the American pronunciation of D or T in LADY, BODY, BETTY, COOTIES, SHUDDER, SHUTTER, WADING, WAITING .

                P as in SPOT, SPIN, SPEAK:  Even though most native speakers may not be aware of it, there is in English a difference between the P at the beginning of words (pot, pin, peak) and the P preceded by an S (spot, spin, speak).  The former is said to be 'aspirated'.  The latter would be a more accurate Esperanto pronunciation.

               

ENDINGS

                    Notice that all the verbs in this list end in -AS.  In Esperanto all verbs in the PRESENT TENSE have this ending.

                                    

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VOCABULARY QUIZ

Before continuing with the quiz, make sure you can pronounce every word in the lesson.

The images displayed above will appear randomly. 
At first it may seem that they are appearing and disappearing too quickly.  Do not panic.
Go at your own pace, pronouncing the words out loud, as clearly and as accurately as possible.
Within a few minutes you will be able to identify most of the images that pop up, at which point you will be ready to move on to the next step, the MODEL SENTENCES.

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MODEL SENTENCES

Say what each animal is doing.
La hundo naĝas. La bovino ludas.

                   

SPEECH MARATHON

TOPIC:

Greet the animals and say what they are doing.

                    Saluton, ĉevalo.  La bovino ludas.  La simio ludas.  La simio ploras.  Saluton, bovino.  Saluton, ĉevalo.  La hundo kuras.  La ĉevalo ploras.  La bovino naĝas.  La bovino kuras.  Saluton, hundo.  La hundo ludas.  La ĉevalo naĝas.

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