From BestATN@xxx.xxx Thu Dec 9 21:23:24 1999 X-Digest-Num: 306 Message-ID: <44114.306.1680.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 00:23:24 EST From: BestATN@xxx.xxx Subject: Fwd: Begining the trek to Lojbanistan... In a message dated 12/9/1999 4:49:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR writes: > The good thing about Lojban grammar is that you only > need to use the parts you want to. Once you've got the basic > sentence structure, the rest is optional. optional up to the point where someone else uses it, and you want to understand what they've said. steven From: Robin Turner "A. R. Goldman" wrote: > > From: "A. R. Goldman" > > Greetings: > I picked up my copy of the Lojban grammar on Saturday, and was > informed that it was rather dense... I am enjoying it enormously, > but wondered if any of the more experienced Lojbanists might give > me a bit of guidance as to the best way to proceed with learning > the language... Is it best to tackle the grammar head on... or to > approach the Grammar book in another order than that in the table > of contents? Also, is the textbook available in a hard copy, or > only on the web? > Thanks for your help... I look forward to posting in Lojban... You might find it easier to start off with the draft textbook (available from the main Lojban site) or my beginners' course. ( http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lojbancourse.html ) The latter is in progress (or rather not progressing at the moment due to other pressures). The curent state is Lessons 1-3 : Stable version, all major points corrected. Lessons 4-6 : Beta version, a lot of typos, and some revision required, but no major changes anticipated. Should have stable version out in a few weeks. Lesson 7: Alpha version, use at your own risk! Lesson 8 : incomplete. There will probably be about 12 lessons in all, but to be honest it will probably take me so long to get these written, commented on and corrected that you could probably memorise the whole of The Complete Lojban Language in the same time-period. I'd suggest doing at least a few lessons of one course or the other to get the basics, then going back to The Complete Lojban Language and looking up the parts of the grammar that interest you most. The good thing about Lojban grammar is that you only need to use the parts you want to. Once you've got the basic sentence structure, the rest is optional. co'o mi'e robin. To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com