[lojban-beginners] Re: mi'e rai'n

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:34:49PM -0400, lastaidkit@aim.com wrote:
> >Not likely, sorry.  If Lojban is not your second language, it's
> >certainly possible for you to learn it well enough that fast.
> >The problem is vocabulary: we're a bit short on it.  If that ends
> >up being something you want to help with, that would be great.
> 
> not likely? **** How much work is invloved in learning the
> language? 

Well, it's very different from other languages, so if you don't
already have experience learning other languages you have to do both
the regular work involved in learning your second language (which is
hard) plus the work involved in twisting your brain around Lojban,
which is wierd.

On the other hand, Lojban is much simpler than natural languages,
which helps.  Many people get to simple conversations in a few
months.  The thing is, there's a long, long way between "simple
conversations" and "internal monologue".

> It sounds as if its just a matter of learning vocabulary
> 
> But I'll try to help with the vocabulary. What do I have to know?

Ask again when you're at the simple conversation stage.  :-)

-Robin

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