"You learn Esperanto quickly!"

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Yup, that's quite true! :D

[Nadiros2]

Because it's so incredibly easy haha

[Jxefecxjo]

Why can you not put la for la esperanton, but you put la anglan?

[LucasSanto309765]

Esperanto estas “la internacia”.

[neonpixii]

why does esperanto end in 'o' but hispana, angla, etc end in 'a'?

[qubist]

Hispana, angla, itala, etc. are each shortened versions of a longer phrase:

• "La hispana lingvo" ("The Spanish language").
• "La angla lingvo" ("The English language").
• "La itala lingvo" ("The Italian language").

Esperanto, on the other hand, is just called Esperanto.

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[HairyChris88]

So the fact that 'vi' is the subject makes it 'EsperantoN' rather than just plain 'Esperanto'?

My linguistics never was up to much!

[Nadiros2]

No. Because the verb "Lernas" is referring to Esperanto, you add -n at the end. (What exactly are you learning? You are learning Esperanto) This happens with all verbs except for "Estas".

[SquirrelFriendJ]

Thank you, I was having some trouble with this! Have a lingot!

[Nadiros2]

Thank you, kind sir :)

[zekecoma]

Also if there is no verb then it's not in the accusative case.

[Andrewly]

Dankon!

[jprosk]

Does capitalization matter on proper nouns

[FranciskoMartin]

It does. Proper nouns are capitalized in Esperanto.

[RafaelOttoni42]

Why sometimes is "esperanto" and sometimes is "esperantoN"?

[Zander_Rose]

If it is the subject, it uses the default ending but if it is the object of the sentence you have to add the letter n. This is true of all nouns and adjectives in Esperanto.

Here is an example:

Esperanto estas bela

Esperanto is the subject, so it ends with o

Mi lernas Esperanton

I am the subject, so Esperanto gets n

[hugglesaim]

Why, thank you!

[ThorusCrusius]

Esperanton lernas vi rapide

[Nocx14]

So for this sentence could I put the words anywhere?
Since we have the "n" for accusative?
Esperanton lernas rapide vi!

[qubist]

What I've gathered is basically you can, but it's convention not to, and instead to put them in a specific order (Subject, Verb, Object: Vi lernas Esperanton)

[apg5857]

Why isn't this "Oni lernas Esperanton rapide!"? If the English were "you are learning Esperanto quickly" I would understand the vi but the way its worded now it seems like 'you' refers to people in general.

[qubist]

You've got this distinction exactly right, I think it's just that this sentence isn't talking about the general you, it's really referring to a specific person.