I'm learning Esperanto (and I don't care what you think)

Esperanto is my favorite language that I speak.

Even though it is my weakest language, it has provided me with tons of fun an allowed me to meet lots of people and travel places I wouldn't have been able to without Esperanto.

In this video I'm going to outline my 3 main reasons why I think learning Esperanto is a good idea.

If you’re interested in learning Esperanto, let me know and I can help show you how to get started!
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Welcome! I am a Linguistics major and an aspiring polyglot. I speak English and Spanish, and I am currently learning French and Esperanto. I make videos twice a week to talk about my methods of learning languages and to try to help others make language learning faster, easier, and more fun.

#Esperanto

[mtarnowski]

I appreciate that you debunk some myths and misconceptions, e.g. that Esperanto's useless because nobody speaks it. The latter is both false and not entirely relevant. However, I have to add something to your video.

1. It is true that learning a language is a boost in learning other languages, so it may be a good idea to learn a simple, "warm-up", "recorder" language. Still, this applies mostly to people who:
a) have never learned a foreign language, or haven't done it for years,
b) have learned languages, but they've never taught themselves one, so teaching themselves Esperanto may be a new experience.

I guess you're in the second group -- you've learned Spanish, but it was not self-taught, so teaching yourself Eo may be a good warm-up for you in teaching yourself French.

However, such warm-ups "to learn learning", or "to teach yourself teaching yourself", are pointless for people who are self-taught polyglots, like LingoSteve or Donovan Nagel from the Mezzofanti's Guild. They've been sceptical and critical of some esperantist claims; and it's a pity that you didn't add such a disclaimer.

I post my further complaints in a separate comment, to keep the discussion tidy and to let some people comment on this point as quickly as possible.

[fitzburg]

Esperanto opens your brain for foreign languages when you learn it at young age.

[PsicologiaSocialBrasil]

Mi amegas Esperanton! <3 After acquiring Esperanto in just 6 months, I became so confident in languages ​​that today I am on my sixth language.

[seanmacleod]

After being rather cynical about Esperanto for most of my life, at the age of 56 I have discovered how fascinating it is and how nice it sounds. I'm attempting to learn it slowly.

[greenrhinoguy]

I agree. I am interested in learning Esperanto and toki pona simply because it's fun and interesting.

[this.isKT]

I speak spanish, English.Learning Esperanto.I'm from Azerbaijan.Saluton al ĉiuj!

[lovinglanguages]

I am so glad you did this video. I am so sick of the "why I won't learn Esperanto" videos.They are really kinda pointless and I wonder why people waste time recording why they won't learn it. if you don't want to learn it then don't. No one's going to cry if you don't want to learn Esperanto. This video actually helped me to keep going because I had given up. It's a fun video and helped remind me why I am learning and to keep learning. Thanks!

[genticles]

I’m learning Esperanto just so I can speak at least one language. I studied French throughout all of primary and secondary school and ended up with a G at GCSE, the lowest possible grade at the time. After just a few months of Esperanto (on Duolingo) I’m way more confident in it than I ever was in French

[wannabepolymathofesoterica]

you're absolutely right about the fun being in how fast you learn it . I started learning EO in my junior year of high school (2013-2014 I think) because I was frustrated with how long it was taking me to learn Spanish (which I took all 4 years of HS) and I was blown away by how fast I was picking it up. I'd study it every day in the school library during lunch and could just FEEL myself getting better on a day to day basis. I ended up having better Esperanto in a few month period than I did Spanish after 3 years. It was intellectually exhilerating

[anthonymccarthy]

Polyglots recommend learning Esperanto, monoglots mock learning Esperanto. I once had someone accuse me of having it as my second language. I could correct them, it was my 4th one.

[pikachuisshook]

The reason I'm learning Esperanto is because it's the only language I've ever tried that I haven't completely failed at lol

[eternalcoldweather]

ah.... yeah... I agree with everything that you said here 100%. Damn Esperanto is fun, and much easier than Latin, French or ancient Greek. I want to master it to give my quest to learn more languages more power.

[davada]

I learned what Esperanto was a about a week ago and fell in love with the idea immediately. It makes so much sense as a Universal language to me because it only exists as a person's second language. Very few people learn it in their babbly human phase.

I was putting off studying it though cause I've been busying myself with other shit, but this video has made me start developing a schedule for myself. I've never used a schedule planner in my life.

[KeepItSimpleEsperanto]

I know there are arguments against Esperanto but I loved this video. You made some very sensible comments and furthermore, why not learn something simply because it's fun?!

[hamishmackinnon]

Thanks for the Esperanto at a glance table, it explained a lot to me.
I'm a language nerd too but, unfortunately, my enthusiasm for languages is greater than my linguistic skills. I've been studying Dutch for the last few years and, much to my surprise, I've
managed to get my Dutch up to nearly A2 level. So, as I now feel more confident about my language skills, I'm now starting to learn Esperanto too.

[gomezaddams]

Great video. I just started teaching myself Esperanto last week, only dedicating about 30-45 mins per day to Duolingo. So far I love it. I can understand basic sentences, can form basic sentences and the grammar patterns are sooo much easier than English or Spanish, the other languages I speak. I think the world would be a better place if every school system taught Esperanto as the universal “second” language. Imagine being able to travel anywhere and speak with everyone in a common language.

[alibobsmarland]

Esperanto is one of the best ideas ever. Shame that all the schools don't teach it.

[liriosilvestre]

I've been learning Esperanto for about 2-3 months and I absolutely love it! It's easy and I find it very elegant and I like that it is basically all the languages combined! I feel tempted to fuel that fire that L.L. Zamenhof started!

[blnhhlm]

I normally hardly understand American English and I haven't used this language often since I finished school for 20 years ago. But I understand you, I'm very surprised.

Under a lot of years, I didn't want to speak English, but now I think it's cool to listen to you.

[narsames]

Just watched it, I loved his points. But I gotta say I wouldn't say that Esperanto is ''easy peasy'' Instead I put it as Simpler than other languages. There is a huge difference between forming some sentences and Understanding nuances and Making more complex sentences.