Sixth class (March 25th)

Summary

We spent most of the sixth class on chapter 6 of the textbook and part 2 of Mazi en Gondolando.

By now you should be familiar with:

• The use of prepositions to indicate where something is occurring, e.g., sur, sub, apud, antaŭ, etc.

• The use of -is for past tense and -os for future tense.

• Making possessive adjectives (e.g. mia, via) from pronouns.

• Marking the direct object with -n on correlatives, e.g., Kian leteron ŝi sendis?

• The correlatives kial and tial

• The prefix re- to indicate repetition or returning.

• The particle ĉi to indicate proximity.

Homework

1. Read chapter 6 of the text (Pri via ferio) and solve the ekzercoj and demandoj. The solutions will be available next week.

2. Try your hand at the translation exercise for part 3 of Mazi. (See the handouts below.)

Handouts

• A translation exercise for part 3 of Mazi en Gondolando.

• Lyrics for the song Jen, by La Porkoj, which we listened to in class. (See below.)

• The essay Why does an American use Esperanto? by Joel Brozovsky.

• Esperanto at the Movies, an article about some of the films (Hollywood and otherwise) that have used Esperanto to some extent.

Media

• The song Jen by La Porkoj:

• Angoroj (1964), the first film entirely en Esperanto:

• The Brazilian film adaptation of Claude Piron’s Gerda malaperis!:

• A trailer for Attack of the Moon Zombies, a film by Christopher R. Mihm with dubbing available in Esperanto. (The DVD is available in our lending library):