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THE DICTIONARY VORTARO
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“La Vortaro”Pilger: “BER”Bick: “Esperanto-dansk”
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Language questions
Capitalization
Explanation
There aren't any mandatory rules about capitalization in Esperanto. Use of capital and lower-case letters helps primarily in the clarification of texts. In Esperanto, you usually use capital letters:
1. to indicate the first letter of each independent sentence;
Mi vidas hundon. Ĝi estas granda. - I see a dog. It is big.
2. to show the first letter of a proper name;
Mia nomo estas Adamo. Mi ripozis ĉe la Balta Maro. - My name is Adam. I rested at the Baltic Sea.
3. in some acronyms;
PIV - Plena Ilustrita Vortaro. - PIV - Complete Illustrative Dictionary
4. to emphasize some word or phrase;
Mi VOLAS, sed NE POVAS fari tion. - I WANT, but CAN'T do that.
5. To show special respect;
Dankon pro Via letero. - Thank you for Your letter.
In all other instances, lower-case letters are usually used.