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My progress in lojban has being slow going. The flashcards I’ve received I’m making poor
progress on, as it stands I’ve managed to learn maybe 10 selbri.
I’m getting better with the structure of lojban but I can’t seem to
get the bulk down. I was thinking maybe some exercises in translation would
help. Does anyone have some paragraphs or anything that translate well into
lojban? Or maybe you have another strategy I can use? Also I’m wondering about sarcasm, my favorite part of
communication. An example in the beginners guide goes like this: .i .u'ipei do farlu le pesxu could
well be ru'e:
"Kinda..." Then again, it could also be naicai:
"Absolutely not, and I shall thank you never to mention it in my presence
again." (Allowing for some latitude in translation...) this I get, but the principle
of sarcasm is to illustrate something such that the absurdity of it serves to
show the concept as wrong. Could you said cai
then as a kind of way to say “Oh
yes extremely funny L” Lojban does offer a way to
sort of say the quoted example but like any joke is ruined If you tell people
the answer, sarcasm is ruined if you let on that it is sarcasm (other than
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