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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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