From jay.kominek@colorado.edu Wed Jul 18 08:05:21 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 18 Jul 2001 15:05:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 41662 invoked from network); 18 Jul 2001 15:05:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 18 Jul 2001 15:05:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ucsub.colorado.edu) (128.138.129.12) by mta1 with SMTP; 18 Jul 2001 15:05:13 -0000 Received: from ucsub.colorado.edu (kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu [128.138.129.12]) by ucsub.colorado.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2/ITS-5.0/student) with ESMTP id f6IF5Cd08662 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:05:12 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:05:12 -0600 (MDT) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Vocabulary in Lessons In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Jay Kominek On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > You will note the Lessons now have a vocab list up the back. Should this > be a complete listing of gismu place structures, as is the case for the > vocab embedded in the individual lessons, or should these merely be > one-word glosses, ... > > Please provide complete listing of the gismu place structures. Many > people have been confused by one-word glosses. The complete listings > are harder at first glance, but easier and better in the long run > since they help people understand. Including complete information on maybe 100 brivla or so would also ease the complaint that the lessons aren't stand alone and that you'll still need to buy the dictionary to speak the language. (See the amazon.com comments on the reference grammar. Such comments, IMO, aren't valid for the reference grammar, but lessons that you're spending money on ought to contain enough vocabulary that a person can go around saying stuff to their friends in the language.) - Jay Kominek