[lojban-beginners] Re: A0: the first words

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Monday 21 May 2007 08:34, m.kornig@sondal.net wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've completed a list of words that I reckon most
> important for a beginner to learn (no matter the
> target language). Please find this list (some 150
> words and phrases) in the attached HTML file.
>
> I would appreciate if someone could check the
> Lojban equivalents I've come up with. There are
> also a few words that I have not been able
> to translate into Lojban myself: for instance
> the words "neighbo(u)r", "later", "today" and
> "straight ahead". Any help with these is very
> welcome, too.

For "neighbor", how about "xabjbi"?
"dandu" is "hang", not "hand", which is "xance".
"today" is "ca le cabdei".
For "What's your name?" you can say "doi mo?" or "ma cmene do?".
"radio" is "velcradi".
"lamp" is "tergu'i", which does not imply electric.
For directions, you probably want to use spatial tense words.

phma