{"id":4144,"date":"2015-07-19T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T14:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:02:17","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-esperanto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/a-beginners-guide-to-esperanto\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Esperanto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed our Esperanto week! If we&#8217;ve convinced you to give the language a try, our handy beginner&#8217;s guide is a good place to start. Make sure to share it with anyone you think might be interested, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/store\/esperanto\" style=\"border-radius:18px;background-color:#2d972b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn Esperanto with uTalk!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/store\/esperanto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"438\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/esperantoweek-3-438x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An infographic showing information about the Esperanto language.\n\nBasic conversation.\nSaluton - Hello.\nKiu estas via nomo? - What's your name?\nMia nomo estas... - My name is...\nKiel vi fartas? - How are you?\nBone, dankon. - I'm fine, thanks.\n\u011cis revido. - Goodbye.\n\nPronouns\nMi - I\nVi - You\nLi\/\u015ci - He\/she\nNi - We\nIli - They\n\nIn Esperanto pronouns use the same verb conjugation.\n\nColours\nRu\u011da - Red\nOran\u011dkolora - Orange\nFlava - Yellow\nVerda - Green\nBlua - Blue\nPurpura - Purple\n\nNumbers\nunu - one\ndu - two\ntri - three\nkvar - four\nkvin - five\nses - six\nsep - seven\nok - eight\nna\u016d - nine\ndek - ten\n\nTenses\nPresent tense - Mi lernas - I learn\nPast tense - Mi lernis - I learnt\nFuture tense - Mi lernos - I will learn\nConditional tesne - Mi lernus - I would learn\n\nThe body\nokuloj - eyes\nhararo - hair\nnazo - nose\norelo - ear\nbrako - arm\nmano - hand\nkruro - leg\ngenuo - knee\npiedo - foot\n\" class=\"wp-image-9848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/esperantoweek-3-438x1024.jpg 438w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/esperantoweek-3-128x300.jpg 128w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/esperantoweek-3-768x1797.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/esperantoweek-3-875x2048.jpg 875w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/esperantoweek-3-scaled.jpg 1094w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a request, this guide is now also available in <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/esperantoweek_esp-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For even more information about Esperanto, visit <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edukado.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">edukado.net<\/a>, a site run by linguist Katalin Kov\u00e1ts, who worked with us on the translation and recording of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/app\" target=\"_blank\">uTalk Esperanto<\/a>. Or, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/language-of-the-week-esperanto\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/language-of-the-week-esperanto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">other posts<\/a> about Esperanto here <a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/why-learn-esperanto\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/why-learn-esperanto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on our blog<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/store\/esperanto\" style=\"border-radius:18px;background-color:#2d972b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn Esperanto with uTalk!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed our Esperanto week! If we&#8217;ve convinced you to give the language a try, our handy beginner&#8217;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! 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