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.