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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why wouldn't we try to make place for a common language in Europe?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.65,0:00:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you look around in the world, the language of today would be English.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.66,0:00:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it looks like it will stay that way in the forseeable future as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.64,0:00:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With his proposal to introduce English as the second language in Flemish education
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.16,0:00:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Minister Smet didn't just stun (prime minister) Kris Peeters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.76,0:00:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, one could argue English would be a language of unity within the Babylonian Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.32,0:00:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's still an ideal alternative Smet hasn't considered:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.98,0:00:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Esperanto
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.15,0:00:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An artificial language that kan be learned very easily and doesn't and doesn't favour anyone over anyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.67,0:00:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, convinced Esperantist universally argue for their "lingua franca"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.94,0:00:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I heard English would be made the European language, I was startled, quite honestly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.62,0:00:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard and read about it and it was like a bomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.29,0:01:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English is popular ... So I could imagine why the minister would think that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.31,0:01:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he introduces English as the second language, he would make himself popular
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.98,0:01:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm convinced that there's a languages that's more suited for that, namely "Esperanto"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.44,0:01:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Esperanto gives us an infinite spectrum of possibilities to solve language conundrums quickly and efficiently
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.90,0:01:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything can be named easily
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.56,0:01:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a cushion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.18,0:01:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a seat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.18,0:01:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a table. That's a plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.72,0:01:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say it's a very rich language. One can say anything and everything in Esperanto.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.19,0:01:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah Eddy. Hey, I decided to ring you to ask wether you're free at the moment?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.69,0:01:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I speak Esperanto with my husband every day and we met at an Esperanto congress
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.18,0:02:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was our common language and it stays untill this day
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.76,0:02:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even notice it anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.60,0:02:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my experience it's just the language I share with him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.16,0:02:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon, how are you doing? Is everything going well? Certainly, thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.63,0:02:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I go over to my neighbour quite often, because I need a variety of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.58,0:02:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example an egg or sugar.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.63,0:02:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my jelly I get there as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.22,0:02:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- And does that happen in Esperanto?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.49,0:02:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes ... We often speak Esperanto together, it is a great exercise to not forget the language
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.67,0:02:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just made my shopping list and I automatically write them in Esperanto.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.60,0:02:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example I wrote tomatoj (tomatoes), kukumo (cucumber), laktuko (lettuce).
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.64,0:02:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, I was ill for one day ... -but ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.93,0:03:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.41,0:03:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.20,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She went on a trip to Moscow, but it wasn't the first time that whe encountered a problem or accident of some sort during her travels
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.11,0:03:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I'll give it back tomorrow!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.16,0:03:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't forget :-)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.82,0:03:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope I won't forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.81,0:03:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Minister Smet should think about which language he wants to leave our children as the European language.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.01,0:03:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Esperanto is the only truely international language.