[lojban] Re: Lojban Phrasebook

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Not slick, but they work:
{xamgu cerni} and {xamgu vanci} are observatives
or just comments, so they are for startiing a
conversation (or in passing).  For ending a
conversation, to get to a kind of blessing "Have
a  ..." a form left over from Loglan may work {ko
lifri lo xamgu cenri} and so on (or, generally
{ko lifri lo xamgu} "Have a good one."

--- Christopher Zervic <zervic@gmail.com> wrote:

> A while back I published an extensive
> phrasebook on the internet in 
>
Esperanto.(http://www.esperanto-chicago.org/<http://www.esperanto-chicago.org/>
> *esprimoj*/)
> 
> I have just started with a Lojban version
> {ju'aste la lojban.}. I think such 
> a list (somewhat pared-down from the
> above-referenced site) would carry a 
> great deal of utility as a teaching tool, since
> it tracks a great number of 
> commonly used phrases. I am at this point
> however ill-eqiuipped to do it on 
> my own. So, if there are other seasoned {lojbo
> tavla} who would like to 
> help, I'll coordinate. If this type of
> discussion belongs on another list, 
> let me know, otherwise, I'll post here
> periodically. 
> 
> A start: is there a slick way to say 
> 
> Good Morning
> Good Evening
> 
> other than {coi}?
> -- 
> Christopher Zervic, Esq.
> 



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