Lojban For Beginners — velcli befi la lojban. bei loi co'a cilre
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Summary

In this lesson, we have covered lots and lots of little words:

Vocabulary

crida 

x1 is a fairy/elf/gnome/brownie/pixie/goblin/kobold [mythical humanoid] of mythos/religion x2

dansu 

x1 (individual, mass) dances to accompaniment/music/rhythm x2

dasni 

x1 wears/is robed/garbed in x2 as a garment of type x3

drata 

x1 isn't the-same-thing-as/is different-from/other-than x2 by standard x3; x1 is something else

.e'e 

attitudinal: competence – incompetence/inability

.ia 

attitudinal: belief – skepticism – disbelief

krixa 

x1 cries out/yells/howls sound x2; x1 is a crier

lanli 

x1 analyzes/examines-in-detail x2 by method/technique/system x3 [process/activity]

milxe 

x1 is mild/non-extreme/gentle/middling/somewhat in property x2 (ka); x1 is not very x2

sesi'u 

sumti tcita: assisting... (sidju "help")

pensi 

x1 thinks/considers/cogitates/reasons/is pensive about/reflects upon subject/concept x2

sisku 

x1 seeks/searches/looks for property x2 among set x3 (complete specification of set)

terdi 

x1 is the Earth/the home planet of race x2; (adjective:) x1 is terrestrial/earthbound

xalfekfri 

inebriated, drunk (xalka 'alcohol' + fenki 'crazy' + lifri 'experience')

zirpu 

x1 is purple/violet [color adjective]

Exercise 5

Translate from Lojban. Remember, ka is the abstractor that specifies a quality (and is obligatory for the second place of sisku.)

  1. ni'o ta'o la jan. milxe xalfekfri ki'u lenu klama lo drata barja

  2. .i ta'onai la jan. cusku lu .i doi le pedro si pendo .e'uru'e mu'i ma do vi zvati li'u

  3. .i la ranjit. cusku lu .i lenu mi kansa la djiotis. .e lo pendo be ri to mutce melbi .uasai toi li'u

  4. .i la jan. lu .i mi lenu do .e re melbi cu kansa cu ba'e gleki doi pendo sa lenu do kansa re sa'e melbi cu gleki li'u

  5. .i la ranjit. lu .i .e'epei zo'o do ca klama la jipci li'u

  6. .i la jan. lu .i .audai do denpa lenu viska lenu mi dansu lenu si si la jipci vi .y. la jipci li'u

  7. .i ranjit. lu .i ro da pe le dansydi'u co'a krixa zo pe'u vau ba'uru'e li'u

  8. .i jan. lu .i xu .iacu'i do ba'o cradi fo le crida li'u

  9. to la ranjit. cu lanli loi se cradi sesi'u la nu sisku leka terdi bartu pensi toi

  10. .i la ranjit lu .i .i'e ju'o lenu do tavla cu zdile li'u

  11. .i la jan. lu .i je'e do'u .i'ese'i go'i li'u

Exercise 6

Translate into Lojban.

  1. Only Susan doesn't know that Zhang knows Ranjeet. (Hint: trick question! The two instances of know do not translate to the same gismu!)

  2. Susan: "Woah! You're here, and you're wearing purple, too!"

  3. Zhang: "If I'd known you'd be here, I'd have worn nothing :-)" (Nothing in Lojban is 'zero somethings'.)

  4. Jyoti: "Not only geeky, but insane." (Make up a fu'ivla for 'geeky', based on kulnu 'x1 [mass of ideas, customs, skills, arts] is culture of nation/ethos x2 (mass); x1 is ethnic'. Assume (for now!) the place structure "x1 is geeky".)

  5. Ranjeet is very amused, and says "Probably!"

  6. (Far away, an extraterrestrial intelligence sets off for Earth.) (You'll need a three-part tanru for this. And you've already seen it, if you've been good....)

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