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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:26:35 -0400
From: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>
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On 9/20/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
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> > I've got the huge input list of lojba/English words (thanks again
> > Robin) but it's simply too big. ?I need to get an initial
> > vocabulary. ?So what lojban words should a beginner learn first?
>=20
> Most of my word lists are sorted by usage; why not just take the
> first 200 or so?
>=20
> -Robin
>=20
I suspect that Colin feels this would not have enough variety (at first) to=
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combine to form useful sentences right from the beginning. There is no gism=
u=20
until word number 14 and the next one is not until 43. He seems to have=20
something Pimsleur-like in mind, involving whole sentences.
This is why when I began committing cards in Supermemo I started out=20
skipping ahead to commit 1 gismu for every 4th or 5th cmavo, and gradually=
=20
increased it until-- now that I've memorized almost half the vocabulary--=
=20
I'm locking about 2 gismu for every 1 cmavo.
-epkat

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On 9/20/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Robin Lee Powell</b> &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org">rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org</a>&gt;=
 wrote:<div><span class=3D"gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0=
pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
&gt; I've got the huge input list of lojba/English words (thanks again<br>&=
gt; Robin) but it's simply too big. ?I need to get an initial<br>&gt; vocab=
ulary. ?So what lojban words should a beginner learn first?<br><br>Most of =
my word lists are sorted by usage; why not just take the
<br>first 200 or so?<br><br>-Robin<br></blockquote></div>I
suspect that Colin feels this would not have enough variety (at first)
to combine to form useful sentences right from the beginning. There is
no gismu until word number 14 and the next one is not until 43. He
seems to have something Pimsleur-like in mind, involving whole
sentences.<br>
This is why when I began committing cards in Supermemo I started out
skipping ahead to commit 1 gismu for every 4th or 5th cmavo, and
gradually increased it until-- now that I've memorized almost half the
vocabulary-- I'm locking about 2 gismu for every 1 cmavo.<br>
-epkat<br>

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