A Beginner’s Guide to Esperanto

We hope you’ve enjoyed our Esperanto week! If we’ve convinced you to give the language a try, our handy beginner’s guide is a good place to start. Make sure to share it with anyone you think might be interested, too!

Of course, you can start learning Esperanto with the uTalk app, too! All the words and phrases on the infographic below are featured on the app, along with recordings of authentic human speakers of the language.

An infographic showing information about the Esperanto language.

Basic conversation.
Saluton - Hello.
Kiu estas via nomo? - What's your name?
Mia nomo estas... - My name is...
Kiel vi fartas? - How are you?
Bone, dankon. - I'm fine, thanks.
Ĝis revido. - Goodbye.

Pronouns
Mi - I
Vi - You
Li/Ŝi - He/she
Ni - We
Ili - They

In Esperanto pronouns use the same verb conjugation.

Colours
Ruĝa - Red
Oranĝkolora - Orange
Flava - Yellow
Verda - Green
Blua - Blue
Purpura - Purple

Numbers
unu - one
du - two
tri - three
kvar - four
kvin - five
ses - six
sep - seven
ok - eight
naŭ - nine
dek - ten

Tenses
Present tense - Mi lernas - I learn
Past tense - Mi lernis - I learnt
Future tense - Mi lernos - I will learn
Conditional tesne - Mi lernus - I would learn

The body
okuloj - eyes
hararo - hair
nazo - nose
orelo - ear
brako - arm
mano - hand
kruro - leg
genuo - knee
piedo - foot

Following a request, this guide is now also available in Spanish.

For even more information about Esperanto, visit edukado.net, a site run by linguist Katalin Kováts, who worked with us on the translation and recording of uTalk Esperanto. Or, check out our other posts about Esperanto here on our blog!

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