From gregory.dyke@epfl.ch Mon Oct 11 09:02:57 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:02:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail2.epfl.ch ([128.178.50.133]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CH2dV-0008JQ-6V for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:02:57 -0700 Received: (qmail 7409 invoked by uid 107); 11 Oct 2004 15:02:21 -0000 Received: from mailav3.epfl.ch (128.178.50.218) by mail2.epfl.ch with SMTP; 11 Oct 2004 15:02:21 -0000 Received: from (128.178.50.57) by MAILAV3.EPFL.CH via smtp id 02fd_9541f614_1b96_11d9_9dd5_0002b3eef5fe; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:02:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from imap1.epfl.ch (128.178.50.4) by mail0.epfl.ch (AngelmatoPhylax SMTP proxy); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:02:21 +0200 Received: from [213.221.153.206] by imap1.epfl.ch (mshttpd); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:02:21 +0200 From: GREGORY DYKE To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Message-ID: <4df6c47dac.47dac4df6c@imap.epfl.ch> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:02:21 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Beginner texts X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-archive-position: 811 X-Approved-By: gregory.dyke@epfl.ch X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: gregory.dyke@epfl.ch Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Shame on us indeed :) I am the person who is supposed to be compiling a collection of texts for beginners... ahem! Got sidetracked. Here is one short piece, with vocabulary. I suggest you read through the vocabulary before reading the text. http://ic2.epfl.ch/~dyke/chrestomathy/goldilocks-txt.html Greg -- e'osai ko sarji la lojban - www.lojban.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Magnus Eriksson Date: Monday, October 11, 2004 2:02 pm Subject: [lojban-beginners] Beginner texts > > Hi everyone. > > I have been trying to follow the lessons (you know which > already, don't > you?) and feel that I need more practice on the simple level. The > laterlessons pick up speed a little too fast for me, before the > earlier ones > have "stuck", and rereading them is just too boring to do more > than once > or twice. > > So can you recommend some more *simple* texts for me to look at? > Textbook-style, with glossary, would be ideal but I can handle some > looking up too. Embarrassingly simple ones is also fine ("Bill > likes Mei > Li"), I just need to get some more practice (and get used to > reading the > language). > > I figured subscribing to this list would be enough, but no one is > posting. Shame on you. :-) > > > Magnus > > > >