[lojban-beginners] Continuing with beginner vocabulary tools ...

[Colin Wright <colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com>]

Using a "flash card" type program, it's a start to connect a lojban gismu with 
an english keyword, but there are also the places and the rafsi (if any) to 
learn.  Consider the first gismu in Robin's SuperMemo list: cusku

    cusku cus sku      express 
        x1 (agent) expresses/says x2 (sedu'u/text/lu'e concept)
        for audience x3
        via expressive medium x4
        cf. bacru, tavla, casnu, spuda, ...

Just what should we use as question/answer pairs for this?

Clear we want

    lojban: cusku,  english: ?
    english: express,  lojban: ?

But we also want

    rafsi: cus, english: ?
    rafsi: sku, english: ?
    rafsi: cus, lojban: ?
    rafsi: sku, lojban: ?

Do we also want 

    lojban: cusku x4, english: ?

and other, similar delights?

Memory drill systems, including mine, generally require short answers but 
allow long questions.  What should the questions be in this case to ensure 
that the user/client/beginner/customer/learner remembers *all* of the 
necessary information.  For example, just how vital is it that  they can 
produce the rafsi given the english keyword?


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