Helen Fryer

Name: The Esperanto Teacher — Preface
Author: Helen Fryer

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Helen Fryer published works such as The Esperanto Teacher — Presentation, The Esperanto Teacher — Preface and The Esperanto Teacher — Lessons 1-10. These writings evoke estas, sentence and Esperanto.

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher — Presentation

“ PERHAPS to no one is Esperanto of more service than to the non-grammarian. It gives him for a minimum expenditure of time and money a valuable insight into the principles of grammar and the meaning of words, while enabling him, after only a few months of study, to get into communication with his fellow men in all parts of the world. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ If we wish merely to express the idea of action or state indefinitely, without reference to any time or any subject, the verb must end in -i, as Vivi, To live; Mi deziras lerni, I wish to learn; Ni devas labori, We must work. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ Vivu la reĝo! (Long) live the king!
In such cases as Tell him to come, I want you to sing, Allow her to speak, we have to use a second sentence with the verb ending in "u," and beginning with "ke," that, as Diru al li, ke li venu, Tell (say to) him, that he come; Mi deziras, ke vi kantu, I wish, that you sing; Permesu al ŝi, ke ŝi parolu, Allow her, that she speak. Sentences like the last are often contracted, only the last subject and verb being used, as Ŝi parolu, Let her speak; Ĝi kuŝu, Let it lie; Ni iru, Let us go; Ili dormu, Let them sleep. Ĉu vi volas ke mi tion faru? ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher (1908)

“ IN Esperanto each letter has only one sound, and each sound is represented in only one way. The words are pronounced exactly as spelt, every letter being sounded.
Those consonants which in English have one simple sound only are exactly the same in Esperanto; they are — b, d, f, k, l, m , n, p, r, t, v, z (r must be well rolled) . ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ In teaching Esperanto to children it is well to make sure before going further that they thoroughly understand, what the subject is. The subject is that which we think or speak about. The word which stands for it is the subject of the sentence. The children may be required to underline the subject of each sentence in a suitable piece of prose or verse. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ When the name (noun) is required to denote more than one of the persons or things for which it stands, j is added to it, as rozoj, roses; kolomboj, pigeons; and then every "describing" word (adjective) which belongs to it must also have j, as ruĝaj rozoj, red roses; la kolomboj estas belaj, the pigeons are beautiful.
(When the noun stands for "more than one," it is said to be PLURAL. j is the sign of the plural) . ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ Oni is used for one, they, people, when these words are indefinite in meaning, as in the sentences:—Here one can speak fearlessly, Tie ĉi oni povas maltime paroli, They say that he is rich, Oni diras, ke li estas riĉa, People often eat too quickly, Oni ofte manĝas tro rapide. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ Januaro estas la unua monato de la jaro, Aprilo estas la kvara, Novembro estas la dek-unua, kaj Decembro estas la dek-dua. La dudeka (tago) de Februaro estas la kvindek-unua tago de la jaro. La sepan tagon de la semajno Dio elektis, ke ĝi estu pli sankta, ol la ses unuaj tagoj. Kion Dio kreis en la sesa tago? Kiun daton ni havas hodiaŭ? Hodiaŭ estas la dudek-sepa (tago) de Marto. Kristnaska Tago estas la dudek-kvina (tago) de Decembro, Novjara Tago estas la unua de Januaro. Oni ne forgesas facile sian unuan amon. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher — Preface

“ It is hoped it will be found useful not only for solitary students, but also for class work.
The exercises are taken chiefly from the "Ekzercaro" of Dr. Zamenhof. The compiler also acknowledges her indebtedness especially to the "Standard Course of Esperanto," by Mr. G. W. Bullen, and to the "Esperanto Grammar and Commentary," by Major-General Geo. Cox, and while accepting the whole responsibility for all inaccuracies and crudenesses, she desires to thank all who have helped in the preparation, and foremost among them Mr. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ In Esperanto the sense does not depend on the arrangement—" Johano vizitis Georgon" and "Georgon vizitis Johano" mean exactly the same thing, that John visited George, the n at the end of "Georgon" showing that "Georgon" is not the subject. There is no want of clearness about the following (Esperanto) sentences, absurd as they are in English:— La patron mordis la hundo. The father bit the dog.
La infanon gratis la kato. The child scratched the cat. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ This use of n renders clear sentences that are not clear in English. "John loves Mary more than George" may mean "more than John loves George" or "more than George loves Mary." In Esperanto it is quite clear. "Johano amas Marion, pli ol Georgo" means "more than George loves Mary," because "Georgo" is the subject of the second (elliptical) sentence, but "Johano amas Marion, pli ol Georgon" means "more than John loves George," because the final n in Georgon shows this to be not the subject. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ Ni vokas la knabon, kaj li venos. En la vintro oni hejtas la fornojn. Kiam oni estas riĉa, oni havas multajn amikojn. Li amas min, sed mi lin ne amas. Sinjoro P. kaj lia edzino tre amas miajn infanojn; mi ankaŭ tre amas iliajn (infanojn) . Mi ne konas la sinjoron, kiu legas. LESSON 6.
We have seen already (Lesson 1) that the words which end in -as express the idea of doing (action) or of being (state) , and that they assert that this action or state is going on, or is a custom, at the present time, as Mi vidas, I see; Ŝi estas, She is; Ili suferas, They suffer, they are suffering. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ Vocabulary. bela, beautiful. blanka, white. blua, blue. bona, good. fidela, faithful. forta, strong. freŝa, fresh. juna, young. matura, mature, ripe. nova, new. nutra, nutritious. pura, pure, clean. riĉa, rich. sana, well (healthy) . ĉielo, sky, heaven. festo, holiday. fraŭlino, maiden lady, Miss homo, man (human being) . hundo, dog. infano, child. Johano, John. kajero, exercise book. lakto, milk. mano, hand. neĝo, snow. pano, bread. papero, paper. tablo, table. vino, wine. onklo, uncle. pli, more. ol, than. sed, but. tre, very.
La patro estas sana. Infano ne estas matura homo. ”

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Helen Fryer, The Esperanto Teacher

“ Vocabulary. avo, grandfather. amiko, friend. ĝardeno, garden knabino, girl. ruso, Russian. sinjoro, gentleman, Mr., Sir. vero, truth. venas, comes. iras, goes. legas, reads. skribas, writes. ploras, cry, cries. volas, wills, wishes. diras, says. sidas, sits. venkas, conquers. manĝi, to eat. ĝentila, polite. ”

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