On = Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:13 PM, TheLugal <th= elugal@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi!
I have been interested in lojban for a while, but just now decided to
actually start learning it.
problem is, I don't know where I should start. So if anyone could'v= e
give me a start in the right direction, I would be very grateful.
=A0 =A0~ TheLugal.
Here's a few links to get you started. I put a star = in front of the ones that I recommend you start with:

* http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=3DLearning - Contains m= ost if not all resources for learning the language.

http://smart.fm/goals/search?au= todetected=3Dlojban&keyword=3D&language=3Djbo - All the Smart.fm goals. (Smart.fm is a flashcard learning program -=20 great for vocab.)

* http://smart.fm/goals/268251 - All the gismu (root words) o= f Lojban, with full place structure, such as "bacru=A0=A0=A0 x1 utters= x2"

http://smart= .fm/goals/279583 - All the individual places for each gismu, such as "lo bacru=A0=A0= =A0 an=20 utterer" "lo se bacru=A0=A0=A0 an utterance"

http://smart.fm/goals/2= 66809 - Both of the above two combined into one giant lesson.

http://smart.fm/go= als/292653 - All the cmavo, not including combinations, such as "<= span>.ui=A0=A0=A0=A0 happiness (attitudinal)"

* http://sma= rt.fm/goals/284287 - All the cmavo in the goal above, plus the more com= mon combinations, such as ".uinai=A0=A0=A0=A0 unhap= piness (attitudinal)"

http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.= php?page=3DThe+Complete+Lojban+Language - A link to order the print boo= k "The Complete Lojban Language", which describes the grammar of = Lojban pretty much in it's entirety. A bit outdated, as there have been= a few changes, but nothing horribly important- the biggest one is, we use = lo a lot more than le nowadays, because of xorlo. Currently in the process = of being updated for a new, more current edition.

http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.= php?page=3DThe+Lojban+Reference+Grammar - An online version of the CLL,= and slightly more outdated, but still good.

http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure= /lessons/book1.html - "Lojban for Beginners", the first book = specifically geared towards teaching new people Lojban. Also a bit outdated= thanks to xorlo.

* https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.co= m/w+iDtofbn8C - The Lojban Google Wave, a much more current document, m= eant to replace the "Lojban for Beginners" book. Also available a= s a plain web page, http://jbotcan.org/wave_lesson/old.html

Also, there's the Lojban Beginners group, which you've already = found, which is a great place to ask questions about basically anything rel= ated to Lojban, and the IRC channel, #lojban, on freenode, where you can go= to talk about or in Lojban, and where our current Lojban instructors (the = ones who made the Wave), are pretty much always lurking.

Welcome to Lojbanistan!

--
mu'o = mi'e .aionys.

.i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno b= e denpa bu .i doi luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke,= I am your father. :D )