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Why should I learn? How can I learn?

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Yeah, why? Or, why not?... Below you will see how one of the lernu! team members answered this question.

Because	Concrete example
It's fun to learn a new language that's more regular and flexible than other languages usually are.	When I had to learn English in school, I sometimes started to cry when I ran into all of the irregularities and strange rules. That didn't happen when I learned Esperanto.
It's good for self-confidence to master a foreign language.	For more than ten years, I continually tried to master English but didn't succeed! When after three years of sporadic Esperanto study, I freely expressed myself with it, I was very pleased with myself.
It helps you learn about the general functioning of languages.	For example, I didn't know what an adverb was until I started studying Esperanto.
It will be easier to learn another language later, if you want to.	At least, that's what I heard from friends who learned other languages after Esperanto... However, personally, I'm too lazy to learn a national language.
With Esperanto, you will support a good idea that is based on a neutral lingual foundation and aims to remove the walls between the peoples, and create friendship between all people.	It feels good to support a really concrete project for peace, even though it's difficult to remember to always be personally peaceful.
With it, you will get access to the culture surrounding the language Esperanto.	One of the most interesting books that I ever read was originally written in Esperanto.
With it, you will get access to an alternative international source of information.	I really like CNN, but sometimes it's worthwhile to speak with a "local" and hear how they experienced the event before forming my own opinion.
With it you can gain access to foreign cultures relatively easily.	To eat with a family in Beijing, ski with a good friend in Poland, live with my girlfriend in Belgrade - I certainly wouldn't have done that without Esperanto.
With Esperanto you can communicate on the same level with people from other countries.	When I occasionally spoke in English with Argilo from Canada (a programmer at lernu!) I felt that I was in a lesser position. Using Esperanto with him, I feel that we are both at the same level, at least from a lingual point of view.
When you speak Esperanto you can go to interesting and fun events all over the world.	In the summer, I plan to go to a huge youth meeting in Russia, and in that case, also to a seminar in China. I'm already excited!
You can usually stay as a guest for free with Esperanto speakers around the world.	Why pay for a hotel if you can stay with an Esperanto speaker? I have done this a lot during my trips and saved a lot of money.
Thanks to knowledge of Esperanto, you can travel cheaply to various training seminars.	I think that I participated in or arranged more than ten training seminars and almost always, TEJO paid the travel and lodging costs.
When you speak the language, you can become active in international organizations, learn a lot about how those organizations work, and organize stuff yourself.	For me it has been a very pleasing and important experience to be in various boards, organize seminars, arrange festivals, etc.
With Esperanto you can become experienced in international and intercultural relations.	When you often communicate and relate with people from other countries and cultures, it's completely natural that you learn from that, although sometimes only after multiple misunderstandings and surprises.
With it you will find new friends in a various countries.	After a few years in the world of Esperanto, I immediately noticed that I have a lot more friends abroad than in my home country.
This is the only way that you can check out whether Esperanto is a good language or not, and see if the points above are true!	Don't just believe me, try for yourself.

(Answered by Hokan LUNDBERG)