Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:12:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LjNrU-0007MX-OR for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:12:57 -0700 Received: from mx-8.zoominternet.net ([24.154.1.27] helo=cm-2.zoominternet.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LjNrQ-0007MJ-UY for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:12:56 -0700 X-SpamGroup: 2000 X-CM-Cat: Undefined:Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=9tLuDzXrzZcA:10 a=yL5XVgb8E2+fLTqkepJTkw==:17 a=Lal0q3wtAAAA:8 a=_EHYYqB6HOEXSXgqcygA:9 a=UU7EN2L67MQStD-jB8c4iN1Jao0A:4 a=50e4U0PicR4A:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Received: from [24.154.1.47] ([24.154.1.47:41003] helo=pop-4.zoominternet.net) by mx-8.zoominternet.net (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.30 r(24168)) with ESMTP id BF/E1-09974-E09FEB94; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:12:46 -0400 Received: (qmail 11742 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2009 01:12:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.1.100]) ([24.154.82.11]) (envelope-sender ) by pop-4.zoominternet.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 17 Mar 2009 01:12:47 -0000 Message-Id: <2E127075-2E4F-4DBF-A77D-49F82B615B1F@zoominternet.net> From: Robert Baruch To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: [lojban-beginners] Preliminary chapter 1 for Lojban learners Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:12:50 -0400 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: -9 X-Spam-Bar: - X-archive-position: 1428 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: autophile@zoominternet.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 641 Hi all, I've put together a quickie document for beginning Lojban learners. The idea is not to use any language other than Lojban. Please look at it here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13331655/lojban1 Could people with far more experience in Lojban than I take a look at it? My objectives are that (1) it should be correct, (2) it should not require verbose explanations even if you know nothing about Lojban (visual or symbolic explanations are ok), (3) it should not require a dictionary, and (4) it should use simple constructions which build up to more complex constructions. I look forward to your feedback! la rab,rt.