The+Start+of+Esperanto

=ESPERANTO= || To begin our study of this International language there are a couple of tasks which I wish you to complete before we start learning the actual language. These tasks are meant for you to use the research skills and comprehension skills which you have honed over the past six years at primary school.
 * = [[image:sheidowesperanto/220px-1908-kl-t-zamenhof.jpg]] ||
 * = This is a picture of Dr. L.L. Zamenhof, the man who created the universal language which is today known as,

Remember to read the information and then record it in your book in your **own words**

 * So here goes with the questions:**
 * 1) **What is Dr. Zamenhof's full name**
 * 2) **When was he born?**
 * 3) **Where was he born?**
 * 4) **The names of his parents and his father did for a living.**
 * 5) **Write something about the languages that he spoke, both at home and the ones which he began to learn later.**
 * 6) How old was he when he almost completed his "//@Lingwe uniwersala"//

Before you continue, have a listen and have a look at some Esperanto spoken by a French lady named Nicole. Nicole has spoken Esperanto since she was a very small child. This is a story, but I want you to listen to a part of it. I have pasted the words (vortoj) next to the video. The Esperanto is plain and the English is in italics and has a green background. Have a listen and try to follow the Esperanto. //** Six little rabbits, down by the lake, munching on carrots, and chocolate cake. **// //**Next to the lake, in a tree up high, a round red apple, swings in the sky **// //**Soft is the wind, and the tree bends low, the round red apple, is all aglow. **// //**Suddenly comes, a terrible pop, up jump the rabbits, hop, hop, hop **// //**They shout to each other, run, don’t stop, we must get away, from the terrible plop **//
 * **Ses etaj kunikloj, sidas apud la lago, manĝante karotojn, kaj kukojn dum bela tago **
 * Ĉe la akvorando, tre alte en arbo, ruĝa ronda pomo, pendas supera herbo **
 * Vento milde blovas, la arbo kliniĝas, ruĝa ronda pomo, arde liberiĝas **
 * Subite audiĝas, terura pok, eksaltas la kunikloj, ek, ek, ek **
 * Ili krias unu al la aliaj, ne haltu, ekrapidu, ek, ni devas fuĝi, de la terura pok **

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Now that you have heard some of the language, see if you can write it down.