Your three categories are a bit too simple. I'm not a native english speaker, I learned it at school and I use it every day at work. But I'm not fluent after 9 years of studies.
I'm from the esperantists crowd for one year now. I'm more fluent in esperanto than in english after just one year.
I have no ridiculous dogmatic reason to refuse to learn english. But the problem is quite simple : english is not an international language. It's very hard to learn, past the basis which are quite easy.
Maybe some readings will give some more clues : "These Terrans Are Real Masochists".
Saluton al cxiuj, mi gxojas vidi, ke oni parolas pri esperanto tie.
I learned esperanto, because it's so simple and logic. I could start to read "The Lord Of The Rings" (La mastro de l'ringoj) after only 5 months.
If someone wants to try, you can use this very good free course at http://www.cursodeesperanto.com.br/
Gxis revido!
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Your three categories are a bit too simple. I'm not a native english speaker, I learned it at school and I use it every day at work. But I'm not fluent after 9 years of studies.
I'm from the esperantists crowd for one year now. I'm more fluent in esperanto than in english after just one year.
I have no ridiculous dogmatic reason to refuse to learn english. But the problem is quite simple : english is not an international language. It's very hard to learn, past the basis which are quite easy. Maybe some readings will give some more clues : "These Terrans Are Real Masochists".
Saluton al cxiuj, mi gxojas vidi, ke oni parolas pri esperanto tie. I learned esperanto, because it's so simple and logic. I could start to read "The Lord Of The Rings" (La mastro de l'ringoj) after only 5 months. If someone wants to try, you can use this very good free course at http://www.cursodeesperanto.com.br/ Gxis revido!