Review of kevieus, lITjOD. 



ESPERANTO. 



We continue to print on this page items of interest 

 for Esperantists and specimens in that language. 

 Translations are again asked for, and will be_ pub- 

 lished in the September issue. Address to W. H. 

 Judkins, Editor 'Review of Reviews," Equitable 

 Biiilding, Melbourne. 



La Daily Xews, London, kiu dum iom da tempo 

 publikigis csperantajn peeetojn, aperigis Sabaton 

 Mart on 31an, jenon : — 



(3» R.AJCOXTETO. de C.S.P. 



Ian tagon, Edinburgon veturis pia angla homo el 

 AVhitley Bay, en Northumberlando, Anglujo. 



Li trafis Belganon en la vagonaro. 



Subite ekkreskis aniikecon inter ili. 



Post hejnneveno la auglano donace sendis Biblion al 

 la belgano. 



For la trezorata alsendo la belgano ne povis danki. 

 char mankis che li la anglan lingvon kaj li estis 

 perdinta la adreson de la anglo. 



Bona penso! Li kuris al Esperanta amiko kaj 

 demandis ke li skribu Esperantan leteron Anglujon. 



Angla Ekperanti-sto en " Whitley Bay " tuj trovis la 

 Biblio-donanton ; kaj. sekve, la amikeco inter la du 

 piaj homoj nun rekreskadas. 



Tiajn bonagojn faras Esperanto chiutage. 



Legu, rimarku, lernu, kaj interne digestu. Ho! 



Brabantio ! 



(i) HlDiIORAJ. 

 LN'TER AMIKINOJ.— Nu. vi trovas, ke shi est as 

 bela? Tanien la okuloj esprimas nenion! 

 Jes, vere. sed sliia busho. . . . ? 

 Bedauriiide, ghi faras la nialon. 



DOI MILITA EKZERCADO.— Kapitano! diras leu- 

 tenanto. jam ne estas kartochoj. 

 Tute ne? 



Ne unu restas ! 



Nu, cliesigu la pafadon! 



FLNITA AMINDrMO.— Du sinjorinoj interparolas : 

 Kaj chu la juna Petro cliiam amindumas riau 

 filinon ? 

 Ne, finite! 

 Li foriris ? 

 Ne, li edzinigis shin! 



RICHA BAXKIBRO DIRIS:— Kiam mi komencis 

 negocadi, mi po.sedis nenion. 



Jes, sed tiuj, kun kiuj vi komencis, estis richaj, tiam ! 



EN LA PENTRAJHA EKSPOZICIO :— Kion vi 



pensas pri mia portreto. 



Malkashe, ghi ne estas bela. . . . 



Vere ? 



Sed tre simila. . . . 



el la Lingvo Internacia. 

 lomete malsanugita de J. Booth, Prez : E.K.M. 



One of our correspondents writes regarding the Es- 

 peranto examples in the last issue, and I print the 

 questions in the hope that they may be useful to 

 others : — 



(1) In the first paragraph for translation — " resk- 

 ribitas " ; i.s this the accepted Esperanto for the mean- 

 ing intended? 



(2) Line 1. " de." Does not "manko" take "da'T 



(3. 4. .5 and 6) Line 2. " nune." Is not "nun" in- 

 variable (nuntempel? "Estas _. . . neeble (ad- 

 verb) nune (adverb) presi (infinitive).'' Is not this 

 bad grammar in Esperanto or any other _ language? 

 There is no complement to the verb ''to be."' " Multon 

 (pronoun) Esperante (adverb)." Is this an accepted 

 construction? Paragi-aph 2. 



(7) Line 7. " Profesoroj " ; should this be plural ? 



(8: Line 8. '• faris la filinon . . . sia edzino." 

 Should not this be a double accusative in any lan- 

 guage ? 



(9 and 10) Line 10. "Servi." Does not this require 

 a preposition with or instead of kvazau? " Kuracilo." 

 Does this take " por " ? Does not " ridi " take " je " ? 



(11) Is " ama malsano " a real Esperanto expression 

 for lovesickne.ss ? 



Mr. Booth, President of the Melbourne Club, re- 

 plies as follows: — 



(1) Reskribita (not reskribitas) may be reasonably 

 taken to include the alterations made in writing the 

 passage again (ree). Sangigita (with accents on th& 



■ S "' and first "g") would perhaps be preferable, but 

 " shanghita " has an ungainly appearance. Of course 

 the u.se o* "h" instead of the accent is permissible, 

 and we Iiave availed ourselves occasionally of this 

 method of .spelling Esperanto, but consider it better, 

 if possible, to avoid using words containing the ac- 

 cented letters until we are prepared to print them in 

 the usual way. 



(2) No words in Esperanto "take" any particular 

 preposition after tlieni. Tim preposition to be used 

 depends only on the meaning to be conveyed. "'Da' 

 post la vorto niontras, ke tin chi vorto havas signifon 

 de mezuro " (Esp. sint. Beaufront, p. 6.5), and there- 

 fore miglu be here used; there would be a shade of 

 difference in the meaning. We find in the "Fund 

 Kre.st." p. 188 " La grasigado estas fondita sur . . . 

 manko <1r Kango. . . ." 



(3, 4, 5 and 6) The adverbial construction is used in 

 Esperanto to a much greater extent than in other 

 languages. "Nune," "ree," " pleje " and similar 

 words are common in Zamenliof and other classical 

 writers. " Estas neeble " is the only correct construc- 

 tion. We might punctuate: "presi multon, esper- 

 ante," i.e.. "to print much in Esperanto." Of course 

 a different construction could be adopted, and we 

 might write, "presi multan Esperanton." "to print 

 much Esperanto." 



(7) Profesoroj — preseraro. 



(8) ■' faris . . . sia edzino" is the compound pre- 

 dicate, and is equal to edzinigis. In .such cases Es- 

 peranto requires the nominative. The double accusa- 

 tive would mean: "Made the person who was the 

 daughter . . . and (also) his wife (do something 

 or other). 



(9 and 10) See No. 2. 



(11) We think "ama malsano" is good English Es- 

 peranto, and the author "n the Lingvo Internacia, from 

 which our extract was taken, seems to think it good 

 Frencli Esperanto. So we think we may pass it in 

 Australia. 



ESPER.ANTA KLFBO. MELBOURNA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the club was held' 

 at the usual meeting place, 2.') Ratlidown-street, on 

 Friday, June 1st. 



