Georgina Well, I’ve only heard of two of these - Esperanto and Afrikaans – so I think I’m going to choose the other one, Light Warlpiri, purely as I’ve never heard of it, so I think that must be the one. Sam OK, well we’ll find out if your intuition is correct later in...
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Well, I’ve only heard of two of these - Esperanto and Afrikaans – so I think I’m going to choose the other one, Light Warlpiri, purely as I’ve never heard of it, so I think that must be the one. Sam OK, well we’ll find out if your intuition is correct later in the pro...
There are original musical and literary works written in Esperanto. There is history surrounding Esperanto that stems 120 years and growing from 1 speaker to over 2 million speakers even in the face of having its speakers exterminated at the hands of Stalin and Hitler. And, of course, there ...
OK, before we take another look at today’s vocabulary, let’s reveal the answer to this week’s quiz. Which of these languages is the newest, is it: A: Esperanto B: Afrikaans C: Light Warlpiri Georgina, what did you say...
6. He teaches Esperanto at that university. 他在那所大学教世界语。 7. I'm with you on that. 在那一点上我赞成你。 8. Our school defeated that school at [in] football. 我校在足球比赛中打败了那个学校。 9. We shall never forget the beauty of that lake. 我们永远不会忘怀那个湖上的...
SCHOR: It’s called Esperanto because that was his pseudonym — Doktoro Esperanto — which means “the hopeful one.” McWHORTER: You would need, oddly, a language that had a lot less in it than many people would expect. And we talk about using technology, and biology, to make language...
On the other hand, English is a rather hard language to learn and it brings its culture with it. Do we really need that? Scientists have already tried to make an artificial(人造的) language that isn't too difficult and isn’t from any one group’s culture. It is called Esperanto. But...
Irwin juxtaposed the motifs and styles of modernism and contemporary art with totalitarian art styles and national motifs. We were aware that there is a wide space between regressive nationalism and “esperanto” internationalism, and that mere criticism of nationalism without reflection would not make...
If people want a nice regular language, there's always Esperanto, but most of us prefer a language with a history and a culture, (irregular) warts and all. Warsaw Will Sep-30-2013 1 vote Permalink Report Abuse Sorry, one sentence there was badly worded and implied something I didn't ...