On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Pierre Abbat
<phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
What are the lessons Beta gives Alpha like? I'm sure they're totally unlike
classroom lessons, because they're one-on-one and they're both kids.
I get a ride to church with a Mexican, and sometimes he asks me questions
like "¿Qué es la diferencia entre morir y teñir?" ("zo mrobi'o cu frica zo
skagau ma?"), and I have to think for a few seconds, because the question
makes no sense until I realize he's asking about the English words. There are
no differently spelled homophones in Lojban, but there are some minimal pairs
and words differing by exchanging two sounds. So Alpha could ask Beta "What's
the difference between soda and egg?" or "Which is the rat and which is the
rabbit, again?"
Another possibility is that Beta could teach Alpha a tonguetwister and Alpha
asks what the words mean. So Beta says "le xruki le ginxre xrixruba xu xrula
cu xrani" and Alpha asks what "xrixruba" is, or what "xu" means when it's
inside a tanru.
Pierre
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