[lojban-beginners] My increasing comfort with lojban.

[turnip <turnip@bcpl.net>]

I'm bringing more lojban into my life, and finding that I can say lots of 
things without looking anything up, despite the fact that I probably only have 
memorized  about 50-60 gismu (haven't actively counted it up).  I've even been 
using lojban with my dog:  ko klama ti, ko klama tu (or ko klama fi mi), ko 
stali, ko zuste.
On the radio today, I heard an interviewer ask (I think in reference to 
fighting terrorism), "Will you continue to use the same tools?"  I immediately 
said, "xu do baca'o pilno la'edi'u" without hesitation.  I also said to my son 
yesterday, when trying to remember a conversational thread "mi djuno le du'u 
mi'o pu na tavla fi la lojban" (I know, I probably should have said "mi djuno 
le du'u mi'o pu  casnu na'ebo la lojban" but I didn't know casnu (I remembered 
there was some brivla for "discuss", but didn't know what it was), and the 
sumti negation didn't occur to me until later).  But still, I am proud of 
myself.
             --gejyspa