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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

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

Write the cmene for the following names

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

Answers

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

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

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