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

In this lesson, we have covered the following:

Vocabulary

bartu 

x1 is on the outside of x2; x1 is exterior to x2

cacra 

x1 is x2 hours in duration (default is 1 hour) by standard x3

fonxa 

x1 is a telephone transceiver/modem attached to system/network x2

janco 

x1 is a/the shoulder/hip/joint [body-part] attaching limb/extremity x2 to body x3

jgari 

x1 grasps/holds/clutches/seizes/grips/[hugs] x2 with x3 (part of x1) at locus x4 (part of x2)

jgita 

x1 is a guitar/violin/fiddle/harp [stringed musical instrument] with actuator/plectrum/bow x2

jgitrviolino 

x1 is a violin

jundi 

x1 is attentive towards/attends/tends/pays attention to object/affair x2

kanla 

x1 is a/the eye [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: sensory apparatus]; (adjective:) x1 is ocular

kerfa 

x1 is a/the hair/fur [body-part] of x2 at body location x3

mintu 

x1 is the same/identical thing as x2 by standard x3; (x1 and x2 interchangeable)

moi 

convert number to ordinal selbri; x1 is (n)th member of set x2 ordered by rule x3

nenri 

x1 is in/inside/within x2; x1 is on the inside/interior of x2 [totally within the bounds of x2]

simsa 

x1 is similar/parallel to x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni); x1 looks/appears like x2

sazri 

x1 operates/drives/runs x2 [apparatus/machine] with goal/objective/use/end/function x3

secau 

sumti tcita: without... (from se claxu 'lacked')

zgike 

x1 is music performed/produced by x2 (event)

Exercise 6

Translate from Lojban:

  1. .i bazi lo cacra be li pimu le karce cu zvati le kisto gusta

  2. .i la djiotis. noi sazri le karce cu fengu la ranjit. lenu na jundi le ve klama

  3. .i la ranjit. jundi la suzyn. soi vo'a

  4. .i la ranjit. ca tavla la suzyn. loi zgike pe fi'e la .ioxan.sebastian.bax

  5. .i la suzyn. na se cinri lenu jundi loi zgike pe la bax. noi ke'a dotco

  6. .i ku'i la suzyn. mutce se cinri lenu jundi le kanla be la ranjit.

  7. .i la suzyn. nelci lenu zgana le kerfa be la ranjit. bei le ctebi be'o noi zo'e pe la lex.va,uensas. cu simsa

  8. .i la djiotis. noi denpa vi le bartu be le gusta cu sazri lo se bevri fonxa ne la nokias.

  9. .i cusku lu .i coi jan. mi'e djiotis.

  10. .i ko penmi mi'a vi le dansydi'u pe vi la re moi klaji ba lo cacra be li re li'u

Exercise 7

Translate into Lojban:

  1. When Jyoti goes to the interior of the restaurant, Susan asks her "Where were you?"

  2. Jyoti says "I was talking to a friend I forgot to talk to earlier."

  3. Susan says "Ranjeet was telling me that Bach's music is like Pakistani music in its complexity."

  4. Jyoti says "Susan, you think anything without a guitar is complex."

  5. Ranjeet says "The violin is identical to the guitar one carries on the shoulder."

  6. Jyoti says "Ranjeet is identical to one unable to go to a restaurant north of town."

  7. "What will you be eating?"

  8. Susan and Ranjeet stare at each other.

  9. Jyoti, who is bored by the staring, asks for the carrier (= waiter) to her left to come.

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