Learn Esperanto
Twenty-four short lessons. Read aloud. Do not translate in your head first. Each lesson recycles yesterday’s words and adds one new tool — the method of a complete grammar with graded exercises, in a practical course you can finish.
First sentences
Greet someone and say who you are with esti.
Next → Lesson 2Nouns and la
Name things with -o and use the one article la.
Next → Lesson 3Adjectives agree
Describe a noun with -a, and match number later with -j.
Next → Lesson 4Verbs in the present
Use -as for everyone, and the infinitive -i after another verb.
Next → Lesson 5The accusative -n
Mark the direct object so word order can move freely.
Next → Lesson 6Pronouns
Use mi, vi, li, ŝi, ĝi, ni, ili, oni — and si for “self.”
Next → Lesson 7The plural -j
Add -j to nouns and to the adjectives that follow them.
Next → Lesson 8Mine, yours, and mal-
Build possessives with -a, and flip meaning with mal-.
Next → Lesson 9Past, future, command
Switch time with -is, -os, -us, and ask with -u.
Next → Lesson 10Prepositions and direction
Place things with al, de, en, kun, por, and show motion with -n.
Next → Lesson 11The correlative table
Ask and point with ki-, ti-, i-, ĉi-, neni- plus nine endings.
Next → Lesson 12Build words, then speak
Stack affixes on a root and hold a first real conversation.
Next → Lesson 13Comparison: pli, plej, ol
Say “more”, “most”, and “than” without irregular adjective forms.
Next → Lesson 14Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta
Turn a verb into an adjective of time: doing, having done, about to do.
Next → Lesson 15Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota
Say that something is being done, has been done, or will be done.
Next → Lesson 16Relative clauses with kiu
Join two facts with kiu, kio, kies, and kie without changing word order.
Next → Lesson 17Because, although, and that
Build longer sentences with ĉar, kvankam, dum, ĝis, and ke.
Next → Lesson 18Days, months, and the clock
Name weekdays, months, and clock time with ordinals.
Next → Lesson 19Shopping and money
Ask a price, buy something, and count money with the accusative.
Next → Lesson 20Travel: tickets, hotels, planes
Book a room, find a platform, and talk about leaving and arriving.
Next → Lesson 21Health and the body
Say what hurts, ask for a doctor, and use mal- with sano.
Next → Lesson 22Work and professions
Name jobs with -ist and -ul, and talk about the working day.
Next → Lesson 23Reported speech
Report what someone said or asked, without a new tense ladder.
Next → Lesson 24Word order and a natural voice
Move a word for emphasis, use ja and ĉi, and speak in whole thoughts.
Next →After lesson 24
You have the skeleton. Keep building with books, real speakers, and daily phrases.
Review the 16 rules
Solidify endings, word order, and the accusative before you read longer texts.
Read your first book
Start with Gerda malaperis! or graded stories from the Fundamento tradition.
Meet speakers
Clubs, Pasporta Servo hosts, congresses, and weekly online voice rooms.
Use it every day
Saluton, Dankon, Bonvolu — small phrases build speaking confidence fast.