From phma@oltronics.net Fri Apr 13 12:12:56 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 13 Apr 2001 19:12:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 66484 invoked from network); 13 Apr 2001 19:12:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 13 Apr 2001 19:12:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (207.15.133.12) by mta2 with SMTP; 13 Apr 2001 19:12:52 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 7510F3C5DD; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:10:34 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Beginner phrases Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:00:51 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain References: <20010413182002.4308.cpmta@c000.snv.cp.net> In-Reply-To: <20010413182002.4308.cpmta@c000.snv.cp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01041315103307.01059@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, david@shockey.com wrote: >I'm just beginning to learn lojban and I've been using the little I've learned at home with my six-year-old son. I'm trying to put together a list of phrases that we use at home a lot. (It's been an amusing exercise, most of the things I say a lot begin with "don't".) > >If any of you are so inclined, please look over the following and let me know where I'm off-track. > >pe’u ko klama vi >come here > >pe’u ko dunda cukta mi >give me the book Should be "pe'u ko dunda le cukta mi"; what you wrote means "be a giving book about (?) me". >ko jinru >take a bath > >pe’u ko jgari mi >give me a hug "birjai" is better. >ko gasnu vorme ganlo >shut the door ko ga'orgau le vorme >xu skule pluka >was school fun? It can be interpreted as that, but really means "Is there a school-fun?" >lumci ledo fe xance >wash your hands "fe" is unneeded. If you know what's on his hands you can say "ko lumci ledo xance le dertu (.a zo'e)". >ko cliva klaji >get out of the street ko cliva le klaji >pe’u ko zutse ledo stizu >sit in your chair > >ko smaji >be quiet Be sure to put the cmavo in. He'll leave them out until he figures out when to use them. phma