QUESTIONS ABOUT ESPERANTO

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To answer these, you will have to give a look at these Web Pages:

• Some Basic Information about Esperanto -- the International Language
• Eta historio de Esperanto
• Esperanto FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

1. Why is it important to know the origin of Dr. Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto?
2. Was Esperanto created to become the only language in the world?
3. What indicates that many people in Barcelona (Spain) are esperantists?
4. What part of the world's population speaks English today?
5. Why is English the international language, and not Esperanto?
6. How do you say "English" (meaning the English language) in Esperanto?
7. How many grammar rules are there in Esperanto?
8. How many books are there in Esperanto?
9. Can you find names of other "international languages"? (NB: to answer this question, it might be necessary to look in the text in Esperanto! Good luck!)

WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED...
Try out these "jumbled sentences" (3 exercises)