the Esperanto multiple choice test

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Dec 15, 2006, 8:42:37 AM12/15/06

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1. In which century esperanto was created ?
[ ] in the early 20th century
[ ] in the late 19th century
[ ] somewhere in the 18th century

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

3. How is the letter "ĵ" pronounced ?
[ ] like in English jet,jean
[ ] like in French journal
[ ] like in the Spanish name José

4. 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. What's the meaning of the word "neniu" ?
[ ] disagreement with something
[ ] a young newborn child
[ ] no one

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

7. What is meant with "koran dankon" ?
[ ] literally for "core donkey" , a real stupid person
[ ] farewell
[ ] thank you

8. What is meant with "ĝis !" ?
[ ] 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. What is meant with "patrino" ?
[ ] a patron
[ ] the equivalent to English "daddy"
[ ] it just means "mother"

10. What is meant with "homo" ?
[ ] a homosexual
[ ] 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

Arthur Flint

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Dec 16, 2006, 2:13:41 AM12/16/06

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Dec 16, 2006, 2:15:03 AM12/16/06

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1. In which century esperanto was created ?
[ ] in the early 20th century

[x] in the late 19th century

[ ] somewhere in the 18th century

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

[x] it indicates an adjective

3. How is the letter "ĵ" pronounced ?
[ ] like in English jet,jean

[x] like in French journal

[ ] like in the Spanish name José

4. 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. What's the meaning of the word "neniu" ?
[ ] disagreement with something
[ ] a young newborn child

[x] no one

6. What is meant with "sennaciismo" ?
[ ] some esoteric adoption of zenbudhism
[ ] the response to fascistic nationalsocialism

[x] the idea of a nationless identity
[ ] anationalism

7. What is meant with "koran dankon" ?
[ ] literally for "core donkey" , a real stupid person
[ ] farewell

[x] thank you

8. What is meant with "ĝis !" ?
[ ] 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**"

[x] bye !

9. What is meant with "patrino" ?
[ ] a patron
[ ] the equivalent to English "daddy"

[x] it just means "mother"

10. What is meant with "homo" ?
[ ] a homosexual
[ ] it means just "equal" like the greek "homo"
in "homophobia" and other derivations

[x] it is same in meaning with latin "homo" meaning
"human"

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

[x] like the English article "the"

12. In Esperanto the verb is
[ ] marked for gender
[ ] marked for person

[x] marked for tense only
[ ] none of them above

13. "via amato" means
[x] by a lover

[ ] street of the lover
[ ] your beloved

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

[x] 1887

15. the ending "-s" in Esperanto

[x] indicates the finite verb

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Dec 16, 2006, 6:34:13 AM12/16/06

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Arthur Flint skribis:

> 1. In which century esperanto was created ?

Ne malbone, Arthur, vi trafis 12 respondojn kaj mistrafis 3 (4, 6, 13)

Not bad, Arthur, you got 12 answers right, missed numbers 4(c), 6(d)
and 13(c).

A.P