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Comment: banritalia->bangritalia
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;German:''le dotybau''
;Spanish:''le sanbau''
- ;Italian:''le banrtalia''
+ ;Italian:''le bangrtalia''
;Chinese:''le jugbau''
;Japanese:''le ponbau''
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This page is part of the ((phrasebook)).
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;Yes.:''.i go'i''
;I agree.:''mi tugni''
;No.:''.i na go'i''
;I do not agree.:''mi na tugni''
;Please.:''pe'u''
;I request.:''mi cpedu''
;Thanks.:''ki'e''
;Thank you.:''ki'e do''
;Thank you very much.:''ki'e sai do''
;That's all right/You're welcome:''je'e do''
;I love you.:''mi prami do'' (or) ''.iu sai''
;What you just said about yourself is true for me too.:''go'ira'o""
In other words, if someone says "I love you" and you want to reply "I love you too", say "go'ira'o".
!!Languages
;Do you speak ...:''.i xu do se bangu ...''
;Lojban:''la lojban. ''
(In some places you may also hear "le jbobau")
;English:''le glibau''
;French:''le fasybau''
;German:''le dotybau''
;Spanish:''le sanbau''
;Italian:''le bangrtalia''
;Chinese:''le jugbau''
;Japanese:''le ponbau''
;Hindi:''le xinbau''
;Russian:''le rukybau''
;Arabic:''le rabybau''
;I don't speak Lojban:''.i mi na se bangu la lojban.''
;Where is the phrase in this book?:''.i ma jufra gi'e se vanbi le vi cukta''
;Just a minute. I'll see if I can find it in this book.:''i .e'o ko denpa .i mi troci co tolcri fi le vi cukta''
;I understand.:''je'e / .i mi jimpe''
;I don't understand:''je'enai / .i mi na jimpe''
;Could you talk more slowly please?:''.i .e'o ko skusno''
;Do you understand me?:''je'epei / xu do jimpe fi mi'' - xu do jimpe fi '''tu'a''' mi (??) ...fi le se cusku be mi
;I am hungry:''mi xagji''
;I am thirsty:''mi taske''
;Where is the bathroom?:''ma stuzi le djacu kumfa''
;Where is the toilet?:''ma stuzi le vimku'a''
!!Some common words
;big:''barda'' small ''cmalu''
;quick:''sutra'' slow ''masno''
;early:''clira'' late ''lerci''
;cheap:''tolkargu'' expensive ''kargu''
;near:''jibni'' far ''darno''
;hot:''glare'' cold ''lenku''
;full:''culno'' empty ''kunti''
;easy:''frili'' difficult ''nandu''
;heavy:''tilji'' light ''linto''
;open:''kalri'' shut ''ganlo''
;right (of a person):''tolsre'' wrong ''srera''
;right (of a fact, etc.):''drani'' wrong ''jitfa''
;old:''slabu'' new ''cnino''
;old:''tolci'o'' young ''citno''
;beautiful:''melbi'' ugly ''tolmle''
;good:''xamgu'' bad ''xlali''
;better:''xagmau'' worse ''xlamau''
;a lot:''mutce'' a little ''milxe''
;sufficient:''banzu'' insufficient ''tolbanzu''
!!Presenting yourself and some others...
Before reading what follows, please take note that talking about the age of someone in lojban is essentially discussing birth dates.
!!!Yourself
;I am ...-years-old (bad translation):''.i tu'a mi nanca li ...''
;(duration of life):''.i mi renvi fi li ...''
;I was born in ... (date):''mi jbena fi li ...''
;I was born in ... (place):''mi jbena fo ...''
;I am ... tall (speaking about your height, unit unspecified):''li ... cu ni mi clani''
;I am ... meters tall:''mi mitre li ... le ni clani''
;I speak english.:''mi se bangu le glibau''
;I can speak french.:''mi ka'e se bangu le fasybau''
;I would like to visit ...:''mi djica le nu mi vitke fi ...''
;I work as ...:''mi se jibri ...''
;My mother is called ...:''zo ... cu cmene le mamta be mi''
;Alice is my mother.:''la alis mi mamta''
;My favorite color is ...:''mi zmanei le ka ...'' (insert color verb)
;I prefer the blue one over the red one.:''mi zmanei le blanu le xunre''
;What's happening?:''.i mo''
;I'm lost:''mi djuno noda le se zvati be mi''
;I practice sport:''mi xadgu'a''
!!!Nationality
;I'm ...:''mi ...''
;Spanish:''spano''
;Hispanic:''xispo''
;French:''fraso''
;Chilean:''tci'ile''
;Czech:''tce'exo''
;Breton:''bre'one''
;Hungarian:''magjaro''
;Basque:''skalduna''
;Russian:''rusko''
If you want to say "I'm French by birth but German by nationality", you can say "''mi fraso le ka jbena gi'e dotco le ka se natmi''".
;I'm French by ...:''mi fraso le ka ...''
;birth:''jbena''
;nationality:''se natmi''
;citizenship:''selgugycmi''
;ancestry:''se dzena''
;language:''se bangu''
;ancestry:''se dzena''
;language:''se bangu''
!!Colors
Beware, the following words are verbs. For example, "this is orange" is "ti narju" - no "is" required. The word "cu" (which does not mean "is" but is a predicate marker, like "i" in tok Pisin) may be used before the verb.
;xekri:''black''
;blanu:''blue''
;bunre:''brown''
;cicna:''cyan''
;manku:''dark''
;kandi:''dim''
;grusi:''grey''
;crino:''green''
;nukni:''magenta''
;narju:''orange''
;zirpu:''purple''
;xunre:''red''
;labyxu'e:''rose''
;xunblabi:''pink''
;blabi:''white''
;pelxu:''yellow''
!!Asking others about themselves and you
;When are you born ?:''.i do jbena fi ma''
;What is your size ?:''.i ma ni do clani''
;Where do you live ?:''.i do xabju ma''
;What are you doing ?:''.i do mo''
;Where do you work ?:''.i do se briju fi ma''
;Can you speak language ... ?:''.i xu do ka'e tavla bau ...''
;What is your father's name ?:''.i ma cmene le patfu be do''
;Have you already been to place ... ?:''.i xu do pu zvati ...''
;How much do you earn ?:''.i do jerna li xo''
;Where are you going to ?:''.i do klama ma''
;Where do you come from ?:''.i do klama fi ma''
;Did you know that ... ?:''.i xu do pu djuno fi le du'u ...''
;What do you want me to do ?:''.i do djica le nu mi mo''
;Can you help me ?:''pei sidju mi''
;Do you find me pretty ?:''xu mi do melbi''
;Do you live with someone ?:''xu do da kansa le ka xabju''
;Are you married ?:''xu do speni''
;Do you have (a) lover(s) ?:''xu do prami selpe'o''
;Have you caught that Unicorn yet?:''pavyseljirna kavbu ba'oxuku''
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