From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Mar 23 10:50:32 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:02:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DEAw4-00020G-MM for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:50:32 -0800 Received: from lakermmtao08.cox.net ([68.230.240.31]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DEAw0-0001zg-Sb for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:50:32 -0800 Received: from smtp.east.cox.net ([172.18.52.51]) by lakermmtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with SMTP id <20050323184955.EWHV18351.lakermmtao08.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:49:55 -0500 From: To: Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: z and s? Re: Re: first question - Lojban c and j - what's the difference? Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:49:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Message-Id: <20050323184955.EWHV18351.lakermmtao08.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-archive-position: 1309 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org 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: yfnb@cox.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Check out jbojudri at http://members.lycos.co.uk/lojbanlinks/ There are a few lojban words recorded there, and we could perhaps put out a plea for others to record more... gari,el > > From: Adam Ehlers Nyholm Thomsen > Date: 2005/03/23 Wed AM 08:50:16 EST > To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org > Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: z and s? Re: Re: first question - Lojban c > and j - what's the difference? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I don't know much about this either and can have quite a hard time too > grasping the sounds when reading, so to direct to my earlier question > wouldn't it be easier, if possible to release a kind of sound addendum > to "Lojban for Beginners", like a big zip with ogg or spx files of > each Lojban word mentioned in the book. I know this is a big work but > if it could be done, I believe it would be much more easy for > beginners like me to learn the sounds of Lojban. > Cheers, > Adam > > lojban@shindra.com wrote: > > > Thank you, that was a very good answer. Now the problem turns into > > the fact that I could never tell the difference between z and s :( > > this is where the vocal cords vs. friction should help me, but I > > guess I'm just not good at this :( does anyone have an idea of how > > I might be able to understand this? thanks - Shindra > > > > = = = Original message = = = > > > > The "j" sound, ZH, is voiced and the "c" sound, SH, is not. The > > difference is the same as the difference between S and Z. Or > > between F and V. Your vocal cords move with ZH, Z or V but with SH, > > S or F the sound is just the friction of blown air. - epkat > > > > > > lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org wrote: > > > >> In the "Lojban For Beginners" lessons, about consonants, it says > >> that " c: sh, as in SHip j: as in meaSure or French bonJour " but > >> I can't hear/see/think/percieve the difference help, please? > >> > >> - Shindra > >> > >> ___________________________________________________________ Sent > >> by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free > >> download at http://www.ePrompter.com. > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ Sent > > through e-mol. E-mail, Anywhere, Anytime. http://www.e-mol.com > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ Sent by > > ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download > > at http://www.ePrompter.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFCQXQYiJMkmWnve78RAo3IAJ9x4W5LdJyTlEe2vhfrcK/xLNAejQCfSnMC > B6qvgbNHdo0WIwk5UaQs6L4= > =TYdK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > >