History: beginners vocabulary list

Source of version: 12 (current)

This is an attempt to get a vocabulary list in an order suitable for learning.  Simply using the frequency lists is one way of getting started, but that is heavilay biased by having been drawn from early discussions of lojban itself, hence the words ''sumti'', ''selbri'' and other lojbanic terms are overly represented.

Please, one ''gismu'' only, what one ''gismu'' would you suggest a person learn?  Please add it to this table:

|| lojban gismu | English keyword
troci | try | ColinWright
djuno | know | kolin.rait
dunda | give | xorxes
mutce | much | eppkott
cusku | express | betsemes
djica | desire | filip
sidju | help | bobgrif
drata | other | cuncuxnas
zasti | exist | uirik
gleki | happy | komfo,amonan
||

And add your recommended ''cmavo'' here:

|| lojban cmavo | English gloss
le .. ku | the described | ColinWright
be .. bei .. be'o | linked sumti | kolin.rait
cu | separates selbri from preceding terms | xorxes
ma | sumti question mark | eppkott
mi | me | betsemes
xu | true-false ? | filip
mo | bridi question mark | bobgrif
mi'e | self-introduction | cuncuxnas
nu | event abstract | uirik
to'e | polar opposite | komfo,amonan
||

Should we sign?  Does it help?  Does it matter?

History: beginners vocabulary list

Source of version: 12 (current)

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