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Lojban Made Easy

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Manual of Style

Lessons will consist of:

  1. List of Vocab/Things to Learn
  2. In Use
  3. New Grammar
  4. Practice

Tables will be like this:

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L1

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Letter Sound IPA
A father /a/
B boy /b/
C sheep /ʃ/
D dog /d/
E bet /ɛ/
F fat /f/
G goat /g/
I machine /i/
J pleasure /ʒ/
K king /k/
L late /l/
M mat /m/
N Nine /n/
O open /o/
P pie /p/
R river /ɹ/
S snake /s/
T top /t/
U moon /u/
V vase /v/
X loch /x/
Y about /ə/
Z zebra /z/
' hello /h/
Alphabet and Pronunciation
Letter Sound
ai hi
au how
ei may
oi boy
ia yacht
ie yet
ii year
iu you
ua water
ue wet
ui we
uo woah
uu womb


Practice edit

Pronounce the word given.

  1. .i
  2. .a
  3. .e
  4. .a
  5. .o
  6. .u
  7. .e'i
  8. lu'a
  9. se'inai
  10. gu'onai
  11. diklo
  12. tumla
  13. tunlo
  14. stasu
  15. kabri
  16. vitke
  17. pandi
  18. ransu
  19. tercakyjme
  20. backemselrerkru
  21. seljinru
  22. penydjuxa'a
  23. vokygenkantu
  24. xagmaubi'o
  25. xacysantyse'u
  26. finprxipoglosu
  27. mxyzptlk
  28. smacrkobaiu
  29. samcrkasava


L2

Cmene (pronounced shmeh neh, ʃmɛnɛ) are Lojbanized names. All cmene are preceded by "la" and end in a consonant followed by a period. If it starts with a vowel, it will have a period before.

  1. Write the name with the Lojban alphabet
    1. Ch → Tc
    2. Sh → C
    3. Y → I
    4. W → U
    5. J → Dj
  2. If it ends in a vowel, insert any consonant, though "s" is most common

Examples: Harold → xeirold → la xeirold. Susan → suzen → la suzen. Harry → xeiri → la xeiris. Einstein → ainstain → la .ainstain.

Practice edit

Write the cmene for the following names

  1. Mary
  2. Mark
  3. Harriet
  4. Jennifer
  5. Obama
  6. Dorothy
  7. Toto

Answers edit

  1. la meiris.
  2. la mark.
  3. la xeiriet.
  4. la djenefer.
  5. la .obamas.
  6. la dortis.
  7. la totos.


L3

Attitudinals express emotion, and generally consist of two vowels. Some examples:

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Attitudinal Feeling
.a'o hope
.au desire
.a'u interest
.ie agreement
.i'e approval
.ii fear
.iu love
.oi complaint
.ua discovery
.ue surprise
.u'e wonder
.ui happiness
.u'i amusement
.u'u repentance
.uu sympathy

Add -nai to negate

Examples:

  • .iunai hate
  • .ua.ue surprise at a discovery
  • .a'u.ua interest in a discovery
  • .iinai non-fear

Practice edit

What attitudinal would you use if...

  1. ...you see a scary monster
  2. ...you spill soda on a best friend's dress at a dance
  3. ...you buy a lottery ticket
  4. ...you win the lottery
  5. ...your best friend gets three cookies at snack time and you only get one
  6. ...you travel to Mars and meet little green men
  7. ...you are unhappily in love

Answers edit

  1. .ii (or for brave people .iinai)
  2. .u'u
  3. .a'o or .au
  4. .ui
  5. .oa
  6. .u'e.ua.ue
  7. .iu.uinai


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