Re: [lojban] Place Structure Flashcards

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 1/11/06, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just came up with a good idea, although it will at least triple my
> number of vocabulary flashcards. I should memorize the place
> structures by making individual flashcards for "se klama: destination"
> "te klama: origin" "ve klama: route" "xe klama: vehicle" and so on for
> each gismu. And of course, this would involve creating the reverse
> flashcard to test it the other way around as well.

A more efficient way of memorizing place structures, at least in many
cases, is by identifying patterns (and exceptions).

For example, you don't need to learn the place structure for each
animal separately, you just learn that animals have the place structure
"x1 is a XXXX of species x2", and then you only need to learn the three
exceptions.

Also in some cases you can identify patterns in the exceptions.
For example, body-parts generally have the place structure
"x1 is a/the XXXX of x2", but for some number of them it's
"x1 is a/the XXXX of a/the x2 of x3", so you only need to learn
which of the two classes of body-part the word belongs to.
There are other exceptions too, but still it is easier to learn the
exceptions than each word independently.

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