lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0015
Table for Two
Introduction
Let's be polite!—Does it matter? Well, yes. At least you should know the difference. JP and Liliana talk us through it by discussing how to be seated in a restaurant. The keyword is: reservación – reservation.
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0010: I'm hungry, A0041: Cheers!, A0062: At the bank
- 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: Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. noicon mujer: ¿Tiene reservación? noicon lo nanmu: No, no tengo. noicon mujer: No importa. Síganme por favor. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo nanmu: Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. noicon table for two if (you) are so kind man: Table for two, if you'd be so kind.
mujer: ¿Tiene reservación? noicon (you) have reservation woman: Do you have a reservation?
lo nanmu: No, no tengo. noicon no not (I) have man: No, I don't.
mujer: No importa. Síganme por favor. noicon not (it) matters (you) follow me please woman: It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman la mesa noun (feminine) the table para preposition for dos number two si conjunction if ser verb (infinitive) to be (usted) es verb (present tense) you are (formal, singular) tan adverb so amable adjective (m./f.) kind tener verb (infinitive) to have (usted) tiene verb (present tense) you have (formal, singular) la reservación noun (feminine) the reservation no adverb not, no (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have importar verb (infinitive) to matter (él/ella) importa verb (present tense) he/she(/it) matters seguir verb (infinitive) to follow ¡(ustedes) sigan! verb (imperative) (you) follow! (formal, plural) ¡(ustedes) síganme! phrase (you) follow me! (formal, plural) por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
(tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) 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) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| importar | infinitive | to matter |
| (yo) importo | present tense | I matter |
| (tú) importas | you matter (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) importa | he/she(/it) matters | |
| (usted) importa | you matter (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) importamos | we matter (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) importáis | you matter (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) importan | they matter (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) importan | you matter (formal, plural) | |
| seguir | infinitive | to follow |
| ¡(tú) sigue! | imperative | (you) follow! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) siga! | (you) follow! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) sigamos! | (let's) follow! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) seguid! | (you) follow! (informal, plural) | |
| ¡(ustedes) sigan! | (you) follow! (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.
Table for two, if you'd be so kind.
Do you have a reservation?
No, I don't.
It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
Mesa para dos, si es tan amable.
¿Tiene reservación?
No, no tengo.
No importa. Síganme por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
Mesa para dos, por favor. No tengo reservación.
¿No tiene reservación?
No, no tengo. ¿Importa?
No, no importa.
Es amable.
¿Para dos? Síganme, por favor.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Mesa para dos, si eres tan amable.
¿Tienes reservación?
No, no tenemos.
No importa. Seguidme por favor.
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