Esperanto has sixteen concise [[grammar|grammatical]] rules. Most significantly for English-speaking learners, several difficult features of foreign languages are absent from Esperanto. [[Noun]]s and [[adjective]]s do not agree in [[Grammar#Gender|gender]], and all nouns and [[pronoun]]s form the accusative [[grammatical case|case]] regularly with an ''-n'' [[suffix]]. There are no irregular [[verb]]s. Verbs are not conjugated for [[person (grammar)|person]] or [[number (grammar)|number]] and do not directly express [[aspect (grammar)|aspect]]; they do express past, present, and future [[tense]]s in the indicative [[mood (grammar)|mood]] as well as tenseless subjunctive and imperative moods. Esperanto does not have different words for "you"; the same word, "''vi''", is used to address any individuals or groups of people, regardless of their status. | Esperanto has sixteen concise [[grammar|grammatical]] rules. Most significantly for English-speaking learners, several difficult features of foreign languages are absent from Esperanto. [[Noun]]s and [[adjective]]s do not agree in [[Grammar#Gender|gender]], and all nouns and [[pronoun]]s form the accusative [[grammatical case|case]] regularly with an ''-n'' [[suffix]]. There are no irregular [[verb]]s. Verbs are not conjugated for [[person (grammar)|person]] or [[number (grammar)|number]] and do not directly express [[aspect (grammar)|aspect]]; they do express past, present, and future [[tense]]s in the indicative [[mood (grammar)|mood]] as well as tenseless subjunctive and imperative moods. Esperanto does not have different words for "you"; the same word, "''vi''", is used to address any individuals or groups of people, regardless of their status. |