There are countless languages in this world.
One sounds very beautiful, another sounds very powerful.
Unfortunately, however, it is impossible for a person to be fluent in all of them.
So, when two or more people whose mother language isn't the same talk with each other, they use one language, such as English or French, as a common language.
Firstly, a natural language has its native speakers.
That means that particular people have a great advantage when speaking it as a common language.
Secondly, a natural language is often irregular.
The word "enough" is an example.
Thus, I stumbled on an idea of creating an artificial language.
A Polish oculist, Ludwik Lezjer Zamenhof, realized what I was thinking about over a hundred and twenty years ago and created Esperanto.
No sooner had I found its existence than I dabbled at it.
Moreover, you don't have to remember as many words as you have to do English ones.
For example, you say "granda" for "big," and "malgranda" for "small." "Dekstra" for "right," and "maldekstra" for "left." The prefix "mal" added to the beginning of a word changes its meaning into the opposite.
One important thing he taught us is that it was not impossible to create a new language.
If you're now learning a very hard language and feel it might be impossible to master it, please remember this; a language is not only for being learnt but also for being made by you.
November 2013
Undi sekarang! 