Pronunciation still presents occasional difficulties to our country readers. The last query to hand deals with the sound of aĵ. This must be pronounced ahzh.
To those Correspondents who have asked: Which is the best way to learn to speak Esperanto, we recommend them to talk at first to the door, or any other inanimate object at hand.
Thus Reading aloud (or, better still, Declaiming) is one of the best exercises, and is a very great help to the rapid mastery of the spoken language. When you have waded through the Fundamenta Krestomatio in this manner, and have spent a few days with Samideanoj who do not understand English, you should speak Esperanto like a native!