lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0002
Birthday Party
Introduction
How to ask someone to go together to a birthday party—in Lojban? With Liliana's and JP's guidance it's pretty easy. Of course, that doesn't mean that the answer is always “yes”! In any case, the keyword is lo jbedetri nu salci – the birthday party.
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0010: I'm hungry, A0021: I'm sleepy, A0127: Flirting
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
lo nanmu: coi! I .aipei do zvati lo jbedetri nu salci? noicon lo ninmu: lo jbedetri be ma? noicon lo nanmu: la .xavier. noicon lo ninmu: i ai mi zvati. I pei klama co kansa? noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo nanmu: coi! I .aipei do zvati lo jbedetri nu salci? noicon hello (new sentence) (intention question mark) you attend birthday celebration man: Hello! Are you going to the party?
lo ninmu: lo jbedetri be ma? noicon birthday of whom woman: Whose birthday?
lo nanmu: la .xavier. ' ' ' ' noicon (name marker) Javier ' ' ' ' man: Javier's.
lo ninmu: Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? noicon yes (I) go to go (we) go together woman: Sure I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
Vocabulary for Dialogue
lo nanmu noun (masculine) the man lo ninmu noun (feminine) the woman coi! interjection hi!, hello! klama verb (infinitive) to go aipei verb (present tense) question asking for intention zvati preposition attend (even or place) lo jbedetri noun (feminine) day of birth of ... (someone) nu salci noun (feminine) celebration be ma interrogative pronoun of whom la fiesta de cumpleaños phrase the birthday party xavier noun (masculine) Javier ai adverb yes, I intend. mi klama verb (present tense) I go pei phrase (question asking for attitude) mi'ai klama verb (present tense) we go co adjective (m./f.) (now there will a simple adverb to the right) kansa adjective (m./f.) together
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la piñata noun (feminine) traditional Mexican game el mariachi noun (masculine) traditional Mexican band or musician el sombrero noun (masculine) the hat los sombreros noun (plural, masculine) the hats el trío noun (masculine) the trio el bolero noun (masculine) the melancholic love song los boleros noun (plural, masculine) the melancholic love songs hasta preposition until luego adverb then hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.
Hello! Are you going to the party?
What party?
Javier's birthday party/the birthday party of Javier.
Sure/yes I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta?
¿Cuál fiesta?
La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier.
Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
¿Vas a ir a la fiesta?
Sí, voy a ir a la fiesta de Javier.
¿Vamos a ir juntos a la fiesta?
¿Cuál fiesta?
¿Hola? La fiesta de Javier.
Sí, la fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier.
Sí. ¿Vamos juntos a la fiesta?
Sí voy a ir a la fiesta.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
¡Hola! ¿(Usted) va a la fiesta?
¿Cuál fiesta?
La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier.
Sí voy a ir. ¿(Ustedes) van juntos?
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