ESPERANTO

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 10, 23 September 1927, Page 13

ESPERANTO

On the occasion of the transmission of the studio explanation ‘of Lesson 6, am unavoidable alteration in the time of the broadcast was experienced, and, a& a result, only half of the lesson wag transmitted. The instructor gives hi. assurance to students that every poge sible endeavour is made to adhere te the announcements published with the printed lessons, In the event of any rearrangement in connection with g broadcast lesson from 2YA being neces. sary, efforts will always be made i@ acquaint students with the alteration per medium of the ether; and students should, therefore, be on the alert to receive any special notification. As in the past, inquiries relative to Esperanto and the course may be fore warded to ‘‘The Esperanto Instructor," N.Z. Broadcasting Co., Wellington, or care of ‘Radio Record." ‘To ensure a reply, enclose a stamped addressed envelope. LESSON IX. 3 (To be. broadcast from 2YA on Se tember 29, from 7.89 to 7.54 p.m.).: Bonan vesperon, studantoj, ..-. THE VERB (concluded): Although this part of speech was dealt with piecemeal in the last three lessons, .3¢ has been decided to give further space for examples .of the use of active and passive participles. Examine the fole lowing:-ACTIVE: La _ frate estas studanta morson, the brother is study« ing morse; studanto viro, a studying man; studanto, a student; studante, oni lernas, by studying one learns; Ja ‘policano estas parolinta, the policeman has spoken; parolinto, a speaker (after he has spoken); parolinte, li sidig’is, ‘having spoken, he sat down; Ia sendilé estas funkcionia, the transmitter ‘is about to work (function); la kantonte, the singer "(one about to sing). PASSIVE: La _ komdeusatoro’ estas konstruata, the condenser is being constructed; Ia batato, the person bee ing beaten; batate, li ekkriis, being beaten, he cried out; amplifite, Ia@ signaloj estis tre fortaj, having been amplified, the signals were very strong; la ricevilo estas agordata, agordita, agordata, the receiver is he ing tuned, has been tuned, is about to be tuned; reakcio estos provizata dé bobeno kuplita ai la antena induktanco, reaction will be provided by a coil coupled to the aerial inductance. Note: Every verbal ending is appli« cable to every verb in the lenguagés without exception. ‘ .Bonan nokton al c’iuj! i