Tenses I find that I don't know tenses quite well, so I'm going to write about the old days and practice tenses in the meantime. When I was little, the worst thing I had ever known was to be bored. In those days I spent most of my time at home, since my parents were busy and no one could watch[1] me and my brother after school. What was worse, our father hated toys (he was and still is a serious man), so we had to invent our own. We were big fans of drawing maps. We created our own continents, countries and cities on paper, and then gave names to them. We would look in the dictionary to find some complicated (and good-looking) characters and wrote down on our maps. God knows how much fun had (or have?) we had from this silly game. [1] I used "look after" at first, but then I thought maybe it's little babies that we "look after". We were students already, so maybe "watch" is the right word to use?

July 27 The electricity has been cut off this morning. Luckily, I came to my grandma's house and we have electricity here. I've slept for more than 9 hours last light, but I feel even more tired today. How long do you sleep in general?

"Don't be afraid." and "Don't leave." in French Don't be afraid. => N'aie pas peur. (Subjonctif Présent) Then why: Don't leave. => Ne partez pas. ((Indicatif Présent) but not => Ne partiez pas. (Subjonctif Présent) ?

"Future Simple" and "Passé Simple" I was told that "Future Simple" and "Passé Simple" are seldom used in daily communications. They're only used in literature. Is that true?

Saluton! Saluton! Mi estas studentino en Ĉinio. Mi estas lernanta la francan, la anglan kaj la esperanton. Se vi bezonus helpon por lerni la ĉinan, mi ŝatus helpi!

How to say "eat out" and "go shopping" in Esperanto?

Je me présente Je suis étudiant de la Chine. J'apprends le français, l'anglais et l'espéranto. J'aimerais vous aider à apprendre le chinois.

Ekzercoj Father makes a cake. = Patro faras kukon. The boy will-have the sugar. = La knabo havos la sukeron. The son forgot the milk. = La filo forgesis la lakton. The boys drink tea. = La knaboj trinkas teon. The friend sold the bread. = La amiko vendis la panon. The teacher sees a boy. = La instruisto vidas filon. The son has a friend. = La filo havas amikon. The brother made bread. = La frato faris panon. The boys will-have cake. = La knaboj havos kukon. Father forgot the sugar. = Patro forgesis la sukeron. The boys had friends. = La knaboj havis amikojn. The sons saw the bread. = La filoj vidis la panon. The brothers sell sugar. = La fratoj vendas sukeron. The teacher forgets the boy. = La instruisto forgesas la knabon. The friend will-drink milk. = La amiko trinkos lakton. The sons are-making cakes. = La filoj faras kukojn. Father will-sell the cake. = Patro vendos la kukon. The friend had bread. = La amiko havis panon. The boys will-see the teachers. = La knaboj vidos la instruistojn. The teachers drink coffee. = La instruistoj trinkas kafon. A healthy boy drinks warm milk. = Sana knabo trinkas varman lakton. The new shop sells dry cakes. = La nova butiko vendas sekajn kukojn. The big teacher met the new friends. = La granda instruisto renkontis la novajn amikojn. The good friends will-make a beautiful cake. = La benaj amikoj faros belan kukon. The small girl met the ugly sisters. = La malgranda knabino renkontis la malbelajn fratinojn. The old cup has new lemonade. = La malnova tasso havas novan limonadon. The new cup has old milk. = La nova tasso havas malnovan lakton. Mother will-wash the small cups. = Patrino lavos la malgrandajn tassojn. The small boy carried the new bread. = La malgranda knabo portis la novan panon. Cold water washes a small boy. = Malvarma arvo lavas malgrandan knabon. I forgot my pen. = Mi forgesis mian plumon. We don't have paper. = Ni ne havas paperon. My daughter requested warm milk. = Mia filino petis varman lakton. Her old friend didn't write. = Ŝia malnova amiko ne skribis. You will meet their old friends. = Vi renkontos iliajn malnovajn amikojn. She will have the warm water. = Ŝi havos la varman akvon. Your new teacher forgot your sugar. = Via nova instruisto forgesis vian sukeron. The boys hate our new teacher. = La knaboj malamas nian novan instruiston. They sell tea and (kaj) coffee. = Ili vendas teon kaj kafon. We will sell her cake and his pens. = Ni vendos ŝian kukon kaj liajn plumojn.