ESPERANTO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 August 1939, Page 3

ESPERANTO

MASTERTON CLUB MEETING. At the weekly meeting of the Masterton Esperanto Club held last evening in the Clubroom. Municipal Buildings. Mr A. Dewar, D.8.E.A., presided over an excellent attendance of members. The secretary, Mr W. H. King, presented correspondence in Esperanto received during the week from England, Italy and Switzerland. This included literature relative to Esperan-tist-Scouts, a circular letter from the International Esperanto-League, current topical information from the British Esperanto Association, a tourist booklet issued by the Swiss Tourist Bureau, and particulars regarding an international art exhibition which is being arranged by the Naples Esperanto Club.

In a special review of English idioms, the secretary said English has numerous idiomatic expressions and one word may have several meanings according to the text. In Esperanto, however, this is not the case, and ideas, not words, are translated or expressed. To illustrate the point, the speaker dealt with the verb "to take” from which originate not less than 127 examples of idiomatic expression. The usual tuition period embraced various phases of Esperanto study, including blackboard work, conversation and dictation. During the proceedings, Miss M. A. E. Adore gave a reading in Esperanto entitled "Switberland,” which was subsequently analysed to advantage. The meeting concluded with the song “Nun Venas la ■ Hor" (Now is the Hour).