Learn Esperanto

Lesson 0

Welcome to the course

What Esperanto is, how this course works, and how to use the audio buttons.

Lesson 1

Alphabet & pronunciation

The 28 letters, one sound each, stress always on the second-to-last syllable.

Lesson 2

Greetings & personal pronouns

Saluton, mi, vi, and the verb esti (to be).

Lesson 3

Present tense (-as)

All present-tense verbs end in -as. No exceptions.

Lesson 4

Questions

Ĉu, kiu, kio, kie, kiam, kiel, and question word order.

Lesson 5

Plural (-j)

Add -j to nouns and adjectives that describe more than one.

Lesson 6

Accusative (-n) — direct object

Mark the direct object with -n. The famous Esperanto clarity rule.

Lesson 7

Accusative (-n) — motion & direction

Direction towards a place also takes -n.

Lesson 8

Correlatives (ki-, ti-)

The table of ki-, ti-, i-, ĉi-, neni- words — Esperanto's logical grid.

Lesson 9

Core prepositions

de, en, al, kun, por, el, sur, sub — and when to use the accusative.

Lesson 10

Past tense (-is)

Replace -as with -is for completed actions.

Lesson 11

Future tense (-os)

Plans and predictions with -os.

Lesson 12

Conditional (-us)

Hypothetical situations, polite requests, and 'would'.

Lesson 13

Imperative (-u)

Commands, requests, and 'let's' with -u.

Lesson 14

Adjectives & word order

Agreement, position, and the flexible Esperanto sentence.

Lesson 15

-ig- and -iĝ-

Cause something to happen vs. become — Esperanto's powerful verb pairs.

Lesson 16

Word-building

Roots and affixes: -ej-, -ist-, -il-, mal-, re-, and compounds.

Lesson 17

Numbers, time & dates

Counting, clock time, days, months, and the calendar.

Lesson 18

de, da & quantities

Partitive de/da, kilogramoj, and how much / how many.

Lesson 19

Relative clauses

kiu, kiu …, and ke — who/which/that.

Lesson 20

Reflexive si

When the action returns to the subject — si, sia, sin.

Lesson 21

Comparatives & superlatives

plu … ol, plej, and mal- for 'less'.

Lesson 22

Common expressions

Everyday phrases beyond the textbook.

Lesson 23

Letters & correspondence

How to write to the Herald, forums, and fellow citizens.

Lesson 24

Reading: news style

Headlines, leads, and the vocabulary of daily news.

Lesson 25

Reading: the Herald

Strategies for reading full Zandoria Herald articles in Esperanto.

Lesson 26

Conversation patterns

Turn-taking, agreeing, disagreeing, and keeping talk going.

Lesson 27

Review A — grammar core

Mixed practice: tenses, -n, correlatives, and word-building.

Lesson 28

Review B — fluency

Mixed practice: relative clauses, si, comparisons, reading.

Lesson 29

Course exam

Self-marked final check — 20 items covering the full course.

Lesson 30

What comes next

Reading lists, communities, exams, and keeping up with the Herald.