[lojban-beginners] Re: [lojban-beginners]

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

On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 05:07:08PM -0400, lastaidkit@aim.com wrote:
> Hey y'all, I'm Ryan. I'm a 16 year old male from South Carolina
> US. 

Hi, Ryan.  Welcome.

> I've decided to start teaching myself Lojban this summer as
> something to do. I hope to use Lojban as my inner monolouge.

Interestingly, that's *exactly* the goal I had when I started.  I'm
not sure when that was, exactly; somewhere between 7 and 10 years
ago, which is rather scary.

> (Hopefully in a year?) 

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.

> And hey, maybe studying Lojban will help me learn Spanish at
> school.

Very possible.

> Anyways, I think Lojban is the coolest language ever even if my brother 
> calls me a geek for it.

Take it from me: (1) you are a geek; (2) this isn't a bad thing;
(3) your brother would find something else to tease you about if
this wasn't available.

> mi'e .rain. mi na jimpe la .lojban

I suggest "rai,n".

> .a'o e'u sidju

You probably want ".e'o" or ".ai" instead of .e'u there.

-Robin

-- 
http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/
Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!"
Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/