Chapter 4: Azia Kongreso
One of the main reasons for my trip was to participate in the #La 9-a Azia-Oceania Kongreso de Esperanto,# the 9th Asia-Oceania Esperanto Conference held in the beautiful city of Danang from April 25 to April 28. I’ll just call it “AK” below. This Youtube video shows some of the highlights of AK.
I’ve been an enthusiastic Esperantist for many years. I love the logical structure of the language, the superb word-formation mechanism, the ease of learning, the enthusiasm and friendliness of Esperanto speakers, and the many cultural and social events that take place at Esperanto conferences.
As you can see, there were parties, dancing, the wonderful experience of eating out on the sidewalks, and of course as usual I had my unicycle with me, which I take with me almost anywhere I go in the world. .
The main part of the conference consisted of lectures and presentations. On April 28, the last day, I delivered a presentation entitled “The Key to Mastering some East Asian Languages.” My PowerPoint presentation will give you an idea of what I talked about, including various methods I used to learn the 11 languages I speak (I’ve studied another seven).
Now let’s take the discussion of danger to the next level. Van Anh wrote a sentence that has enough glottal stops to make you gag, choke and gasp, all at the same time! “Nghĩa vừa cưỡi ngựa vừa cười ngặt nghẽo nên ngã ngựa, Nghĩa cười ngượng nghịu, ” which in English means “Nghia was laughing his head off while riding the horse so he fell off, Nghia smiled shyly.” Be careful when you watch the video. 🙂
But, after all is said and done, no, I don’t think you need to take out a life insurance policy to study this Most Dangerous Language 🙂
