Re: Learning a language

From: ORIELO (uiesperanto_at_aol.com)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: 21 Jun 2004 13:21:06 GMT

>If one/two case is simple, then what is zero/one case, as in Thai,
>Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Malay-Indonesian? Very simple?
>Anyway, these should be simpler than Esperanto, right?

No, you ass, because with a one case system you have to invent and apply all
sorts of syntax rules to cover what the simple addition of one letter
accomplishes in Esperanto.
Orienta Iowa Esperanto-Ligo

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