Summary
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In this lesson, we have covered:
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Indirect questions (kau)
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Property variables (ce'u)
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Raising (co'e, tu'a, jai,
fai)
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And with that, we have reached the end of the
Lojban for Beginners course! There are several bits
of the grammar of Lojban not covered here; but you now have the
essentials with which to start using Lojban, and you are in a good
position to pick up the rest — preferably from
The Complete Lojban Language, which is a fairly
easy read for a reference grammar. Moreover, most of the Lojban you
will see will stick fairly closely to the grammar covered here.
.i .a'o do se zdile tu'a le ve ctuca gi'e
ba gleki lenu pilno la lojban.
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Vocabulary
Note: Remember the 'error quote' lo'u... le'u
from Lesson 7.
| birti |
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x1 is certain/sure/positive/convinced that
x2 is true
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| cipra |
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x1 (process/event) is a test for/proof of
property/state x2 in subject x3
(individ./set/mass)
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| curmi |
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x1 (agent) lets/permits/allows x2 (event)
under conditions x3; x1 grants privilege
x2
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| dicra |
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x1 (event) interrupts/stops/halts/[disrupts]
x2 (object/event/process) due to quality
x3
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| drata |
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x1 isn't the-same-thing-as/is
different-from/other-than x2 by standard x3;
x1 is something else
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| drani |
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x1 is correct/proper/right/perfect in property/aspect
x2 (ka) in situation x3 by standard
x4 (Note: when people say correct things, that does not
automatically make them 'correct/proper/right/perfect')
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| jarco |
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x1 (agent)
shows/exhibits/displays/[reveals]/demonstrates x2
(property) to audience x3
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| kucli |
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x1 is curious/wonders about/is interested
in/[inquisitive about] x2 (object/abstract)
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| kumfa |
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x1 is a room of/in structure x2 surrounded
by partitions/walls/ceiling/floor x3 (mass/jo'u)
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| logji |
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x1 [rules/methods] is a logic for
deducing/concluding/inferring/reasoning to/about x2
(du'u)
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| mebri |
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x1 is a/the brow/forehead [projecting flat/smooth
head/body-part] of x2
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| remna |
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x1 is a human/human being/man (non-specific
gender-free sense); (adjective:) x1 is human
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| rufsu |
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x1 is rough/coarse/uneven/[grainy/scabrous/rugged] in
texture/regularity
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| sonci |
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x1 is a soldier/warrior/fighter of army
x2
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| tarci |
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x1 is a star/sun with stellar properties
x2
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| Exercise 5 |
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Translate from Lojban.
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.i le vo pendo na djuno le du'u ri
zvati ma kau mu'i ma kau
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.i la jan. cusku lu .i mi cazi ckire
da'i tu'a loi glare ke cnino se zbasu ckafi li'u
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.i la djiotis. se cinri leka ce'u
cizra pe le kumfa poi dy. nenri
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.i la suzyn. cusku lu .i .ue le vi
canko noi jarco tu'a loi tarci cu pe'i jai se xanka li'u
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.i la ranjit. cusku lu .i go'i fa ji'a
le re fange noi jarco leka le mebri po'e ce'u cu rufsu
li'u
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.i pa fange poi simsa lo sonci cu jai
cfari fai lenu lanli le terdi pendo kei gi'e cusku lo'u .uxrup .ua.
doglau. latl. tcak. val. tca. le'u
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.i la ranjit. kucli ledu'u le fange cu
tavla bau ma kau
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.i le ka tu'a ce'u se kucli cu se
jundi le drata fange noi cusku zoi gy. Greetings people of the
planet ... um... Saturn? gy.
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.i la jan. cusku lu .i tu'a le fange
na drani so'a da li'u
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| Exercise 6 |
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Translate into Lojban. Use ce'u
in quality abstractions. Use jai
instead of tu'a wherever
possible.
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Susan says "Excuse me, but I think you are uncertain about where
you are — which is Earth."
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The alien says "You are correct."
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"We are, uh, merely testing you for terrestrial
intelligence."
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Jyoti says "You could have done that and not have interrupted
our dancing."
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Ranjeet says "And also, if you knew that we are terrestrial
people and intelligent, then you also knew that we are terrestrial
intelligences." (Use forethought connectives.)
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The alien says "Are you the radio transmitter?"
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Ranjeet says "I am one of the radio transmitters."
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"But mi po'onai cradi is more
logically correct."
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The alien frowns, says "You are allowed to leave", and
un-removes the friends from the dance hall.
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The alien says "xuˈmɑn
ˈmɛqːoq. ˈwɛdʒpux", which is
translated as "Human logic. Yuck."
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