[lojban-beginners] Re: lo do ckiku ma zvati

[Lindar <lindarthebard@yahoo.com>]

> I still catch myself thinking things like {ta cu gerku}.

Not grammatically incorrect, but definitely wrong.
Whether or not we want to just give a student something to work with,
we have to consider what will set a foundation for speaking in a way
that's coherent with the style of speech that everyone else uses, and
what's considered 'good form'. It literally takes me 30-90 minutes to
get through selbri, sumti, SE, FA, and LE, and depending on the
student, I can work in NU in that time frame. You shouldn't have to
worry about losing students because everything is too complicated. I
have had one student since I started teaching that I couldn't get
through at least those first five items in an hour and retain all of
it. At the end of LE you can teach partial elision (i.e. don't have to
terminate between 'parallel' LE clauses or at the end of bridi), and
after fully teaching NU and BE, you teach total elision once the
student demonstrates an understanding of that material.

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