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What is something like a hobby or skill that you belive almost anybody should give a try, and what makes your suggestion so good compared to other things?

i feel like this is a descent question i guess.

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[–] randomperson@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Esperanto seems to be pretty useless to invest so much time into learning it. Wouldn't be learning "normal" language more beneficial anyway?

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on your goals. If you're going somewhere with one language to spend time, or especially value a particular language, studying that language makes sense. If you want access to a global network of the sort of people who would pick up a conlang intended to be a universal second language, one speakers of can be found anywhere, Esperanto's your pick.

Mi lernis Esperanton Δ‰ar mi volas havi amikojn en Δ‰iaj la landoj de la mondo.

[–] randomperson@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am Polish native that can easily read Ukrainian, English and also some German and I have no clue what that sentence means in Esperanto :D. I can only guess that "lernis" is probably something like "learning" and "mondo" refers to "world" (guess based purely on 'Le Monde' - French newspaper). Rest looks like some random Lithuanian stuff. I don't think knowledge of Esperanto could give me any advantage when traveling across Europe. Idea is cool but to be honest English is the new lingua franca and I think that's good because it's easy to pick up and already widespread.

what lauguage would you recommend for people who only know english?

You weren't the target audience for my initial comment.

"I learned Esperanto because I want to have friends in all the countries of the world."