History: ICSL Topic: Basic Communication

Source of version: 13 (current)

__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) ||__Lojban__|__English__ 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 makau|Do you know the name of your friend? go'i|I do. na go'i|I 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. ||