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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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[–] [email protected] 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 ĉar mi volas havi amikojn en ĉiaj la landoj de la mondo.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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."