[lojban-beginners] Re: lojban qua lingua franca

[Bruce Webber <bruce@brucewebber.com>]

Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 12:14:46PM +0800, Michael Aldridge wrote:
>  
>
> > Curiouser and curiouser said 
> >
> > Explain to me slowly the difference between to grasp and to learn from
> > the point of view of lojban grammar.
> >    
>
> I don't know what Greg is talking about, but I found both grasping and
> learning the fundamentals of Lojban grammar to be quite easy.
>
> -Robin
>
>  
As a lojban beginner, the challenge for me is learning the place 
structure for the gismu, especially when there are x3 and higher places. 
However, by learning the meanings of each of the places, I'm actually 
learning a set of words - for example, by learning "dunda" I learn how 
to say "gives", "giver", "gift", and "recipient". And of course, there's 
no conjugation to learn!

(Last night I watched Monty Python's "Life of Brian". There's a very 
funny scene in which Brian is attempting to write "Romans go home" on 
the palace walls, and a Roman centurion gives him a lesson in Latin 
grammer, including the singular vs. plural, imperative and accusative case.)

mi'e brus.