LEARN ESPERANTO!

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 2, 29 July 1927, Page 10

LEARN ESPERANTO!

SERIES OF LECTURES

BEGINNING NEXT WEEK. In order to provide readers and radio listeners with an opportunity to acquire a knowledge of the inéternational language, Esperanto, arrangements have been made with a well-known Esperantist, Mr. W. EL. King, holder of the teachers’ diplama of the British Esperanto Association, for the conduct of a course of Hsperanto lessons, the first of which is published below. It is expected that the course will extend over a period of 20 weeks, one lesson appearing in skeleton form in each issue of our journal, the lesson subsequently being explained by Mr. King. from the studio of 2YA. Listeners ate recommended to have a copy of the printed lesson at hand during the explanatory transmission from the station, for, by doing so, the broadcast lesson will be more readily followed. Inquiries relative to Esperanto may be made to "The Esperanto Instructor," N.Z. Broadcasting »Co., Ltd.,. Wellington, or care of ‘Radio Record."’ A stamped addressed envelope must. accompany each inquiry, otherwise a reply cannot be guaranteed.

LESSON I. (To be broadcast from 2YA on August: from 7.39 to 7.54 p.m.) The Alphabet. Aa Bb Cc C’c’? Dd Ee Tf Gg *G’p’? Hh H’h’ li Jj Jj’ Bk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss §S’s’ Tt Uu U’n’ Vv Zz Note: No OQ W X Y. The atterition of readers is drawn to the letters bearing the apostrophe sign. ‘lext-books show that these letters carry a circumflex, but owing to difficult in obtaining type the apostrophe will lbe used throughout the lessons.

Pronunciation. The vowels sound as in Italian, or as in singing (do, re, me fa) :- A E I oO par pear peer pore poor are there .three or two The following CONSONANTS are pronounced as in Euglish: b, d, f. h {always aspirated), k, 1, m, n, p, f, ¢, v. z For the purpose of reference and pronunciation, the letter ‘o’" is placed with each consonant, ¢.g., bo, do, fo, go, etc. 0 The following CONSONANTS have a special pronunciation; C’ like ts in beats; thus CARO like tsar, C’ like ch in church, G like g in get, G’ like g in gem, J like y in yes; thus JARO like yaro; J’ like z in azure; S$ like s in so; S’ like sh in show; H’ (used rarely) like ch in loch. DIPTHONGS are as follow: AJ; OJ, as in MY BOY; EJ, as in OBEY; UJ, as in HALLELUJAH; EU’, as in THEY WHO (pronounced quickly) ; AU’, as OW in COW. ‘The accent is always on the last syllable but one. ‘Lhere are no silent letters, and spelling is phonetic. Words; Pa-tro, nu-bo, ci-tro-tio, cen-to, seti-to, c’ar, c’i-e-lo, grand-da, a-go, pa-g’o, ses-hor-a, ho-ro, h’o-ro, ve-mi-o, i-mi-ti, i-am, jam, mia-jes-ta, dom-oj, pruj-tio, vej-o, jus-ta, j’us, mazio, ak-vo, — . a _ (The second lesson be published in, next week’s issue,]