In the forums you can talk about various subjects and ask more experienced Esperantists about stuff. We hope that you enjoy them.

Before starting to use the forums of lernu! we recommend you read through the rules.

How to use the forums?

The forums of lernu! consist of two sections: "In Esperanto" and "In other languages". In the "In Esperanto" section posts are in Esperanto, and in the "In other languages" section - in the languages for which the forums were created. It is OK to write in additional languages, but in that case it's necessary to include the translation to the language for which the forum was created. Messages in other languages without the needed translations will be deleted.

The new messages can be added following:

1. Choose a subject which you want to discuss. (If you want to have a forum subject in your language, but it is still not added, write about that to the .
2. Create a new thread by using the green link "New thread", which is to the right above the table.
3. Enter the title of the subject, your message.
4. If you want, upload a file, which other lernu!-users will see. Click the "Browse" button and choose the file and click "Open".
5. If you want, add a survey about a subject of interest to you. Write your question, select the type ("radio" - the users can choose only one answer to your question, "checkbox" - the users can elect several variant answers). If you want to add more than two answers, click the link "add answer".
6. When everything is ready, click the "Preview" button. If all is well, click the "Send" button below.

It's also possible to discuss without creating new subjects. Choose a subject which interests you, and write a new message (click the green link "New message", which is above the table) or respond to someone's message with the link which is above the message.

You can subscribe to the forums via RSS if you wish. Use the icon to do that. There are more explanations about that here.

Explanations of the buttons and their use:

• Bold text - makes the text bold.
• Italic text - makes the text italic.
• Underlined text - makes the text underlined.
• Strikethrough text - makes the text strikethrough.
• Link - if you want to add a link, click this button, type in the link (URL) and then a title for the link (you can leave it the same as the link itself).
• Email - if you want to add an email address, click this button, enter the email address and then title for the address (you can type the same as the address itself).
• Bullet list - adds a list with beginning bullets. Click the button and type the list elements. When you're finished, click the "Cancel" button.
• Numeric list - adds a list with beginning numbers. Click the button and type the list elements. When you're finished, click the "Cancel" button.
• Enter a quote - adds a quotation, as if you quote someone's message.
• Un-X-ify text - change x-system letters to true Esperanto letters with diacritical marks.
•    Shows the most recent messages from relevant forum category or topic.

If you want your text to be in color, choose a color from the pulldown menu and write your message in the little window that appears.

Left of the message field are emoticons. You use add them to add effects to your message.