From rslau@mindspring.com Wed Jan 14 09:05:39 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:49:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from maynard.mail.mindspring.net ([207.69.200.243]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AgoSZ-0004X7-3A for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:05:39 -0800 Received: from user-38ld1g6.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.134.6] helo=sodor.mindspring.com) by maynard.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AgoSW-0006ZX-00 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:05:37 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sodor.mindspring.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE80641F4 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:03:49 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Seasons' Greetings In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Jan 5:22:50 2004 +1200 ." <200401141619.i0EGJAXA021299@dbmail-mx4.orcon.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:03:49 -0500 From: Bob Slaughter Message-Id: <20040114170349.AE80641F4@sodor.mindspring.com> X-archive-position: 468 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: rslau@mindspring.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners > I've just started learning too. What material are you using to learn? > > I've got the lojban vocabulary trainer which seems like a waste of > time, so I'll probably start plugging vocab into my own Excel based > software which I use to learn other languages. If you mean the "LogFlash" program, I don't see where it's method is a waste of time. For me, the repetition is quite helpful; those words I have worked through I still have good recognition of. The original methodology used stack of cards to accomplish this, back in the day. If you mean some other program, then I tend to agree. I haven't found anything that works as well as LogFlash for me. > The next issue is a dictionary - does one exist? I've tried to find > the online one to no avail. All I wind up with is the opportunity to > enter new words not look anything up. Here's one that puts a lot of information into a 24 page PDF: http://www.rrbcurnow.freeuk.com/lojban/ I hope this helps! -- Bob Slaughter, rslau@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~rslau/ North Georgia Modurail: http://www.mindspring.com/~rslau/ngm/ In which language of the world does the word 'taxi' mean "I cannot drive"? e'osai ko sarji la lojban fo lonu pilno -- http://www.lojban.org/