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some question about your knowledge of esperanto

by "gunananda" <gunananda@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dec 15, 2006 at 05:55 AM

Please , don't cheat and look at the wikipedia or elsewhere.
Please , just send me the questinoary by e-mail , so that i can get an
idea about what the average person knows about esperanto.

1=2E In which century Esperanto was created ?
          [ ] in the early 20th century
          [ ] in the late 19th century
          [ ] somewhere in the 18th century

2=2E What is the meaning of the Ending -a in Esperanto?
          [ ] it indicates female gender
          [ ] it marks the genitive
          [ ] it indicates an adjective

3=2E How is the letter "=C4=B5" pronounced ?
     [ ] like in English jet,jean
     [ ] like in French journal
     [ ] like in the Spanish name Jos=C3=A9

4=2E What is the basic idea behind "fina venko" ?
    [ ] getting the right doughnut for one's coffee
    [ ] getting back to the same state as we had
        before the languages were confused with the fall
        of the Tower of Babel
    [ ] everyone should speak Esperanto as a 2nd language

5=2E What's the meaning of the word "neniu" ?
    [ ] disagreement with something
    [ ] a young newborn child
    [ ] no one

6=2E What is meant with "sennaciismo" ?
    [ ] some esoteric adoption of zenbudhism
    [ ] the response to fascistic nationalsocialism
    [ ] the idea of a nationless identity
    [ ] anationalism

7=2E What is meant with "koran dankon" ?
    [ ] literally for "core donkey" , a real stupid person
    [ ] the first translation of the Islamic Qu'ran to Esperanto
    [ ] farewell
    [ ] thank you

8=2E What is meant with "=C4=9Dis !" ?
    [ ] the equivalent of English cheese and used
        to cause you smile when a photo of you is taken
    [ ] a curse similar to English "f*** o**"
    [ ] bye !

9=2E What is meant with "patrino" ?
   [ ] a patron
   [ ] the equivalent to English "daddy"
   [ ] it just means "mother"

10. What is meant with "homo" ?
       [ ] a homo***ual
       [ ] it means just "equal" like the greek "homo"
           in "homophobia" and other derivations
       [ ] it is same in meaning with latin "homo" meaning
           "human"

11. "la" is used
     [ ] as an article for female nouns
     [ ] just as a pronoun
     [ ] like the English article "the"

12. In Esperanto the verb is
      [ ] marked for gender
      [ ] marked for person
      [ ] marked for tense only
      [ ] none of them above

13. "via amato" means
      [ ] by a lover
      [ ] street of the lover
      [ ] your beloved

14. "mil okcent okdek sep" means
      [ ] 1984
      [ ] 1945
      [ ] 1887

15. the ending "-s" in Esperanto
     [ ] indicates the finite verb
     [ ] the 3rd person as "-s" does in English verbs
     [ ] the plural as "-s" does in English and Spanish
 




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