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
io Sometimes I translate the occasional sentence from tv into Lojban in my head. A goal of mine is to speak at least ten Lojban sentences, out loud, every day. Your story has bumped that goal up the list, so thanks. mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan