[lojban] Re: le ctucku mupli

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

On Friday 07 March 2008 08:40, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> The order of the outline seems reasonable, although one could argue
> about details. For example, {la'e} and {tu'a} are the only two LAhEs
> that are frequently used, all the others are never or hardly ever used.
> Do they really need to be introduced at the same stage as {la'e} and
> {tu'a}?

I think {na'ebo} should be introduced along with {la'e} and {tu'a}, and the 
rest left for later.

I suggest mentioning the parts of speech under cmavo, such as conjunctions, 
pronouns, tense markers, and terminators. The average English speaker is 
going to be lost with names like JOI and JA for parts of speech, but he'll 
have heard of conjunctions. Terminators are a part of speech that I haven't 
heard of except in Loglanic languages, and should be mentioned as a class, as 
each of their selma'o has only one cmavo.

I find it easier to learn a language from a story, or from hearing people 
talk, than from a grammar book. Could you write a book that starts with, say, 
Alice, and teaches from the text, as a companion to this book?

Pierre


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