ICSL Topic: Basic Communication

Warning! Lojban here is written and read according to the Dot Side position. You will see {la} in names here.

Topic description

This topic will introduce to the users the most basic vocabulary to communicate in Lojban.

Sentence pairs (for future exercises)

LojbanEnglish
coi Hi!
coi .djan Hi, John!
coi .robin Hi, Robin!
coi .sem Hi, Sam!
coi mi'e .ianis Hi, I'm Yanis.
coi mi'e .tanias Hi, I'm Tanya.
ma cmene do What is your name?
zo .aleksander Alexander.
zo .ivan Ivan.
zo .pitr Peter.
zo .mark Mark.
zo .djan. cmene mi John is my name.
zo .stivn. cmene mi Steven is my name.
zo .nik. cmene mi Nick is my name.
mi se cmene zo .xius My name is Hugh.
mi se cmene zo .djeimyz My name is James.
mi se cmene zo .iudjin My name is Eugene.
mi se cmene zo .maik My name is Mike.
do se cmene zo .tom Your name is Tom.
ti pendo mi This is my friend.
mi pendo ti I am a friend of this one.
zo .bab. cmene le pendo be mi Bob is the name of my friend.
zo .djim. cmene le pendo be mi Jim is the name of my friend.
zo .djein. cmene le pendo be mi Jane is the name of my friend.
zo .elis. cmene le pendo be mi Alice is the name of my friend.
le pendo be mi cu se cmene zo .xans My friend's name is Hans.
le pendo be mi cu se cmene zo .frits My friend's name is Fritz.
le pendo be mi cu se cmene zo .maks My friend's name is Max.
le pendo be mi cu se cmene zo .iens My friend's name is Jens.
le pendo be mi cu se cmene zo .lars My friend's name is Lars.
la .xans. pendo mi Hans is my friend.
la .frits. pendo mi Fritz is my friend.
la .maks. pendo mi Max is my friend.
la .iens. pendo mi Jens is my friend.
la .lars. pendo mi Lars is my friend.
ma cmene le pendo be do What is the name of your friend?
mi na djuno I don't know.
mi na djuno le cmene I don't know the name.
mi na djuno le cmene be le pendo I don't know the name of the friend.
mi na djuno le cmene be le pendo be mi I don't know the name of my friend.
mi na djuno le cmene be le pendo be do I don't know the name of your friend.
xu do na djuno le cmene be le pendo be do You don't know the name of your friend?
xu do djuno lo du'u le pendo be do cu se cmene makauDo you know the name of your friend?
go'iI do.
na go'iI don't.
xu do kakne tu'a la .lojban Do you speak Lojban? [Literally: Can you Lojban?]
mi kakne lo nu tavla bau la .lojban I can speak Lojban.
mi na kakne tu'a la .lojban I don't speak Lojban. [Literally: I can't Lojban]
mi na certu la .lojban I am not an expert in Lojban.
do certu la .lojban You are an expert in Lojban.
le pendo be mi cu certu la .lojban My friend is an expert in Lojban
ko cusku ti bau la .lojban Say this in Lojban.
mi tadni la .lojban I study Lojban.
do tadni la .lojban You study Lojban.
pa pendo be mi cu tadni la .lojban One friend of mine studies Lojban.
re pendo be mi cu tadni la .lojban Two friends of mine study Lojban.
so'i pendo be mi cu tadni la .lojban Many of my friends study Lojban.
mi nelci tu'a la .lojban I like Lojban.
xu do tadni la .lojban Do you study Lojban?
lo pendo be mi na nelci la .lojban A friend of mine doesn't like Lojban.


Created by inego. Last Modification: Tuesday 28 of November, 2006 13:47:13 GMT by inego.