B1 Lessons
Intermediate Esperanto lessons covering the accusative in depth, participles, word building, passive voice, conditional mood, dependent clauses, and more.
B1 Lesson List
These twelve lessons cover all core B1 grammar and skills, building on the A1/A2 foundation to bring you to independent, confident Esperanto use.
| # | Lesson | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Accusative Case In Depth | Direct object, direction, time measure, flexible word order |
| 2 | The Participle System | All 6 participles (-ant-/-int-/-ont-/-at-/-it-/-ot-), compound tenses |
| 3 | Compound Words | Modifier-first compounding, joining vowel, productive heads (-ĉambro, -lando) |
| 4 | Word Building Mastery | Deriving all word classes, stacking affixes, -ad-/-ebl-/-ind-/-em-/-ig-/-iĝ- |
| 5 | Passive Voice | esti + -at-/-it-, agent with de, impersonal oni |
| 6 | Conditional Mood | -us ending, real/unreal conditionals, wishes, polite requests |
| 7 | Dependent Clauses | ke, ĉar, kvankam, se, kiam, por ke, indirect questions |
| 8 | Conjunctions and Discourse Connectors | Coordinating, subordinating, discourse markers for text organization |
| 9 | Advanced Numbers | Large numbers, ordinals, fractions (-on-), multipliers (-obl-), groups (-op-), po |
| 10 | Formal Writing and Register | Letter conventions, nominalizations, formal vocabulary and conjunctions |
| 11 | Reading Strategies | Morphological decoding, cognates, context clues, graded → authentic texts |
| 12 | B1 Review and Path to B2 | Full grammar summary, 200 vocabulary items, can-do statements, next steps |
How to Use These Lessons
Each lesson contains a grammar explanation with full examples, a vocabulary table of 20–25 items, a 10–14 line dialogue illustrating the target structures in use, and three practice exercises with answer keys. Work through the lessons in order for best results, but experienced learners may jump to specific topics using the table above.
After completing all twelve lessons, proceed to the B1 overview page for reading and listening milestones, then move to B2 for your next targets.