lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0007
Where Are You From?
Introduction
Yes, this is about the easiest way to find something to talk about: asking where people are from. Invaluable small talk strategies offered by Liliana and JP. Keywords are Perú – Peru and Colombia – Colombia.
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0006: How's it going?, A0047: Coffee time, A0082: My name is...
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
|
|
Audio Lesson
|
LojbanPod_newbie_lesson_A0007.ogg (file info) (mp3 file) |
| Title: “Where Are You From?” noicon Dialogue only (file info) noicon | |
| Problems listening to the file? See media help. |
Dialogue
lo ninmu: ¿De dónde eres? noicon lo nanmu: Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? noicon lo ninmu: Yo soy de Colombia. noicon lo nanmu: ¡Qué bien! noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo ninmu: ¿De dónde eres? noicon from where (you) are woman: Where are you from?
lo nanmu: Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? noicon (I) am from Peru and you man: I'm from Peru. And you?
lo ninmu: Yo soy de Colombia. noicon I am from Colombia woman: I'm from Colombia.
lo nanmu: ¡Qué bien! noicon how good man: How nice!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man de preposition from, of ¿dónde? adverb where? ¿de dónde? adverb from where? ser verb (infinitive) to be (tú) eres verb (present tense) you are (informal, singular) (yo) soy verb (present tense) I am Perú noun (masculine) Peru y conjunction and tú subject pronoun you (informal, singular) yo subject pronoun I Colombia noun (feminine) Colombia ¿qué? adverb how?, what? bien adverb well, good
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el ceviche noun (masculine) the citrus-marinated seafood salad los incas noun (plural, masculine) the Incas Machu Picchu noun (masculine) a Inca city Gabriel García Márquez noun (masculine) a Colombian writer Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll noun (feminine) a Colombian goddess hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.
Where are you from?
I'm from Peru. And you?
I'm from Colombia.
How nice!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
¿De dónde eres?
Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú?
Yo soy de Colombia.
¡Qué bien!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
¿De dónde eres?
¿De dónde soy?
¿De Perú, de Colombia, ...?
¿(Tú) eres de Perú?
(Yo) soy de Colombia.
¡Qué bien!
¿Y tú?
¿Qué?
¿De dónde eres?
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
¿De dónde es (usted)?
Soy de Perú. ¿Y ustedes?
Nosotros somos de Colombia.
¡Qué bien!
| ← previous: lesson A0006 | ↑ current: lesson A0007 | ↑↑ index: LojbanPod lessons | next: lesson A0008 → |