In this Esperanto grammar lesson, Alex explains how to talk about looking forward to something. English-speaking Esperanto learners have a tendency to borrow expressions that don't really translate as well as they might think.
Your main takeaway should be that when you're excited to go somewhere, be literal in describing your feelings. Don't say "Mi ne povas atendi!" because people will think you literally can't stick around instead of hearing that you're simply excited and "can't wait!" A great expression in Esperanto is "Mi antaŭĝojas!" which means you are "pre-enjoying" whatever you're talking about. That's how we say we're excited and looking forward to it.
Since recording this lesson, Alex was a guest on a few KZread channels where he talked in Esperanto with some friends for over an hour at a time.
Help those Esperantist content creators achieve the watch hours they need to eventually monetize by putting their episodes on in the background and see how well you're able to follow along. Everyone says they want Esperanto content but usually all the views go to videos in English saying "Why I learned or love or hate Esperanto." Let's fix that.
Check out episode 15 of Usone Persone here where I'm interviewed about my children's books and The American Good Film Festival: • 015 La nepoj nin benos
Check out Catie Kejti's live stream here about the 5-hour Esperanto filmmaking challenge: • Alekso, Brandono, kaj ...
I did some narration work for a poetry project of my friend John Huang whom I met in Montreal. My voice starts around 1:53 in this video and I do the narration for the next clip as well. La Libro de Poezio 041-042:
• La Libro de Poezio 042...
• La Libro de Poezio 041...
Here are the details about the current Esperanto short film contest that I'm hosting: ttt.esperanto-usa.org/eusa/fi...
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