Esperanto
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Fact corner
- Language: Esperanto
- Created: 1887
- Alternate names: La Lingvo Internacia
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:epo
- Language family: Conlang
- Number of speakers: -
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published the Unua Libro in 1887. The word itself means 'one who hopes'. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding.
The verb
All verbs are regular. Three tenses together form what is called the indicative mood. The other moods are the infinitive, conditional, and jussive. Verbs do not change form according to their subject. I am, we are, and he is are simply mi estas, ni estas, and li estas, respectively.
Sample verb: abstrakti
| Indicative | Active participle | Passive participle | Infinitive | Jussive | Condicional | |
| Past | abstraktis | abstraktinta | abstraktita | abstrakti | abstraktu | abstraktus |
| Present | abstraktas | abstraktanta | abstraktata | |||
| Future | abstraktos | abstraktonta | abstraktota |
Sample verbs
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esti, esperi
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