The Alphabet of Esperanto

A a ah	B b bo	C c tso	Ĉ ĉ cho	D d do
E e eh	F f fo	G g go	Ĝ ĝ Joe	H h ho
Ĥ ĥ hho	I i ee	J j yo	Ĵ ĵ zho	K k ko
L l lo	M m mo	N n no	O o oh
P p po	R r ro	S s so	Ŝ ŝ sho	T t toe
U u oo	Ŭ ŭ woe	V v vo	Z z zo

28 letters. There is no
Q, W, X or Y

A, E, I, O, U have approximately the vowel sounds heard in Are thEre thrEE Or Two.

C is not sounded like S or K, but like ts in tsetse-fly, bits.

J has the sound of y in yes.

The sounds of Ĉ, Ĝ, Ĥ, Ĵ, Ŝ and Ŭ are heard in leech, liege, loch, leisure, leash, and leeway.

ESPERANTO is PHONETIC.

All letters sounded: one letter one sound.

ACCENT or STRESS falls on the last syllable but one.

No irregularities. No exceptions.

THE GRAMMAR is based upon SIXTEEN FUNDAMENTAL RULES, which have no exceptions.

THE PARTS OF SPEECH are formed from Root-Words by the addition of appropriate Letters.

O is the ending for all names
of things (NOUNS)
fakto gluo
distanco fajro
piano tasko ADJECTIVES (descriptive words)
end in A
evidenta fresŝa
longa furioza
granda simpla

NOUNS and ADJECTIVES form PLURALS by adding J
evidentaj longaj grandaj
faktoj distancoj pianoj
(aj, oj sound as in my boy)

THE SIMPLE VERB HAS ONLY SIX ENDINGS.

INFINITIVE
I
ESTI
LERNI
HELPI
PRESENT
AS
estas
lernas
helpas
PAST
IS
estis
lernis
helpis
FUTURE
OS
estos
lernos
helpos
CONDITIONAL
US
estus
lernus
helpus
IMPERATIVE
U
estu
lernu
helpu

N marks the ACCUSATIVE (direct object).
Mi (I) helpas lin (him)
Li (he) helpas min (me)
Þi lernas Esperanton
ADVERBS end in E
energie
entuziasme
diligente

Taken - without permission (sorry!) - from Esperanto's Time has Come by Stanley Nisbet