RE: [lojban] Re: Learning Lojban

["Craig" <ragnarok@pobox.com>]

>> Hi. My name's Roly, I'm new here and I'm from near Oxford in England.
I've
>> tried learning lojban with the lessons available, but i found it rather
>> hard to understand them, especially not knowing the first thing about
>> computer codes. Do you know of any lessons or anything that explain
lojban
>> using english grammatical terms (or at least saying 'they don't have this
>> that or the other bit of grammar in lojban, but they use this method
>> instead'). I also find it difficult to remember what all the totally
>> unfamiliar new words are such as 'cmene' and the like, which are used
>> throughout the lesson to refer back to what you've learnt - i keep having
>> to look back to check what something means. Of course lojabn is going to
be
>> a bit tricky compared to a euroclone language becuase it's so alien, but
i
>> think it can probably be explained more like most langauges are. If there
>> are no such lessons, perhaps someone would be willing to act as my
personal
>> online tutor?! :-) Thanks lots. All the best. Roly.

>I started one; it's at http://phma.hn.org/Language/lojban-intro.html . Let
me
>know which of the topics to write about and I'll teach you.

I notice you equate nouns with cmene. While that works, a way to think about
it that I find easier is that cmene are the only words which are inherently
nouns. My way of thinking about it is that (most - li and la are obvious
exceptions) gadri serve as particles which convert verbs to nouns and
articles all in one nice little package.

 - mi'e .kreig.daniyl.

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