History: Simple phrases

Source of version: 11 (current)

This page is part of the ((phrasebook)). ---- ;Yes.:''.i go'i'' ;I agree.:''mi tugni'' ;No.:''.i na go'i'' ;I do not agree.:''mi na tugni'' ;Please.:''pe'u'' ;I request.:''mi cpedu'' ;Thanks.:''ki'e'' ;Thank you.:''ki'e do'' ;Thank you very much.:''ki'e sai do'' ;That's all right/You're welcome:''je'e do'' ;I love you.:''mi prami do'' (or) ''.iu sai'' ;What you just said about yourself is true for me too.:''go'ira'o"" In other words, if someone says "I love you" and you want to reply "I love you too", say "go'ira'o". !!Languages ;Do you speak ...:''.i xu do se bangu ...'' ;Lojban:''la lojban. '' (In some places you may also hear "le jbobau") ;English:''le glibau'' ;French:''le fasybau'' ;German:''le dotybau'' ;Spanish:''le sanbau'' ;Italian:''le bangrtalia'' ;Chinese:''le jugbau'' ;Japanese:''le ponbau'' ;Hindi:''le xinbau'' ;Russian:''le rukybau'' ;Arabic:''le rabybau'' ;I don't speak Lojban:''.i mi na se bangu la lojban.'' ;Where is the phrase in this book?:''.i ma jufra gi'e se vanbi le vi cukta'' ;Just a minute. I'll see if I can find it in this book.:''i .e'o ko denpa .i mi troci co tolcri fi le vi cukta'' ;I understand.:''je'e / .i mi jimpe'' ;I don't understand:''je'enai / .i mi na jimpe'' ;Could you talk more slowly please?:''.i .e'o ko skusno'' ;Do you understand me?:''je'epei / xu do jimpe fi mi'' - xu do jimpe fi '''tu'a''' mi (??) ...fi le se cusku be mi ;I am hungry:''mi xagji'' ;I am thirsty:''mi taske'' ;Where is the bathroom?:''ma stuzi le djacu kumfa'' ;Where is the toilet?:''ma stuzi le vimku'a'' !!Some common words ;big:''barda'' small ''cmalu'' ;quick:''sutra'' slow ''masno'' ;early:''clira'' late ''lerci'' ;cheap:''tolkargu'' expensive ''kargu'' ;near:''jibni'' far ''darno'' ;hot:''glare'' cold ''lenku'' ;full:''culno'' empty ''kunti'' ;easy:''frili'' difficult ''nandu'' ;heavy:''tilji'' light ''linto'' ;open:''kalri'' shut ''ganlo'' ;right (of a person):''tolsre'' wrong ''srera'' ;right (of a fact, etc.):''drani'' wrong ''jitfa'' ;old:''slabu'' new ''cnino'' ;old:''tolci'o'' young ''citno'' ;beautiful:''melbi'' ugly ''tolmle'' ;good:''xamgu'' bad ''xlali'' ;better:''xagmau'' worse ''xlamau'' ;a lot:''mutce'' a little ''milxe'' ;sufficient:''banzu'' insufficient ''tolbanzu'' !!Presenting yourself and some others... Before reading what follows, please take note that talking about the age of someone in lojban is essentially discussing birth dates. !!!Yourself ;I am ...-years-old (bad translation):''.i tu'a mi nanca li ...'' ;(duration of life):''.i mi renvi fi li ...'' ;I was born in ... (date):''mi jbena fi li ...'' ;I was born in ... (place):''mi jbena fo ...'' ;I am ... tall (speaking about your height, unit unspecified):''li ... cu ni mi clani'' ;I am ... meters tall:''mi mitre li ... le ni clani'' ;I speak english.:''mi se bangu le glibau'' ;I can speak french.:''mi ka'e se bangu le fasybau'' ;I would like to visit ...:''mi djica le nu mi vitke fi ...'' ;I work as ...:''mi se jibri ...'' ;My mother is called ...:''zo ... cu cmene le mamta be mi'' ;Alice is my mother.:''la alis mi mamta'' ;My favorite color is ...:''mi zmanei le ka ...'' (insert color verb) ;I prefer the blue one over the red one.:''mi zmanei le blanu le xunre'' ;What's happening?:''.i mo'' ;I'm lost:''mi djuno noda le se zvati be mi'' ;I practice sport:''mi xadgu'a'' !!!Nationality ;I'm ...:''mi ...'' ;Spanish:''spano'' ;Hispanic:''xispo'' ;French:''fraso'' ;Chilean:''tci'ile'' ;Czech:''tce'exo'' ;Breton:''bre'one'' ;Hungarian:''magjaro'' ;Basque:''skalduna'' ;Russian:''rusko'' If you want to say "I'm French by birth but German by nationality", you can say "''mi fraso le ka jbena gi'e dotco le ka se natmi''". ;I'm French by ...:''mi fraso le ka ...'' ;birth:''jbena'' ;nationality:''se natmi'' ;citizenship:''selgugycmi'' ;ancestry:''se dzena'' ;language:''se bangu'' ;ancestry:''se dzena'' ;language:''se bangu'' !!Colors Beware, the following words are verbs. For example, "this is orange" is "ti narju" - no "is" required. The word "cu" (which does not mean "is" but is a predicate marker, like "i" in tok Pisin) may be used before the verb. ;xekri:''black'' ;blanu:''blue'' ;bunre:''brown'' ;cicna:''cyan'' ;manku:''dark'' ;kandi:''dim'' ;grusi:''grey'' ;crino:''green'' ;nukni:''magenta'' ;narju:''orange'' ;zirpu:''purple'' ;xunre:''red'' ;labyxu'e:''rose'' ;xunblabi:''pink'' ;blabi:''white'' ;pelxu:''yellow'' !!Asking others about themselves and you ;When are you born ?:''.i do jbena fi ma'' ;What is your size ?:''.i ma ni do clani'' ;Where do you live ?:''.i do xabju ma'' ;What are you doing ?:''.i do mo'' ;Where do you work ?:''.i do se briju fi ma'' ;Can you speak language ... ?:''.i xu do ka'e tavla bau ...'' ;What is your father's name ?:''.i ma cmene le patfu be do'' ;Have you already been to place ... ?:''.i xu do pu zvati ...'' ;How much do you earn ?:''.i do jerna li xo'' ;Where are you going to ?:''.i do klama ma'' ;Where do you come from ?:''.i do klama fi ma'' ;Did you know that ... ?:''.i xu do pu djuno fi le du'u ...'' ;What do you want me to do ?:''.i do djica le nu mi mo'' ;Can you help me ?:''pei sidju mi'' ;Do you find me pretty ?:''xu mi do melbi'' ;Do you live with someone ?:''xu do da kansa le ka xabju'' ;Are you married ?:''xu do speni'' ;Do you have (a) lover(s) ?:''xu do prami selpe'o'' ;Have you caught that Unicorn yet?:''pavyseljirna kavbu ba'oxuku''