lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0016

I Feel Sick

Introduction

It's never good when someone doesn't feel well but at least you can use the opportunity to start a small conversation in Lojban. The keywords are pobrecito – poor guy, and ¿Qué tienes? – What's wrong with you?

• related LojbanPod lessons: A0006: How's it going?, A0076: Jet-lag, A0116: Do you want a mint?
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Audio Lesson

Dialogue

lo ninmu:	Hombre, ¿qué te pasa?	noicon
lo nanmu:	Me siento mal.	noicon
lo ninmu:	¿Qué tienes?	noicon
lo nanmu:	Me duele el estómago.	noicon
lo ninmu:	Pobrecito.	noicon

Dialogue with Translation

lo ninmu:	Hombre,	¿qué	te	pasa?	noicon
	man	what	(to) you	(it) happens
woman:	Hey, what's happening to you?

lo nanmu:	Me	siento	mal.	noicon
	myself	(I) feel	badly
man:	I don't feel so good.

lo ninmu:	¿Qué	tienes?	noicon
	what	(you) have
woman:	What's wrong with you?

lo nanmu:	Me	duele	el	estómago.	noicon
	(to) me	hurts	the	stomach
man:	My stomach hurts.

lo ninmu:	Pobrecito.	noicon
	poor guy
woman:	Poor little dude.

el estómago – the stomach

pobre – poor

Vocabulary for Dialogue

el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
¿qué?	interrogative pronoun	what?
te	indirect object pronoun	(to) you
pasar	verb (infinitive)	to happen
(él/ella) pasa	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) happens
se	reflexive pronoun	oneself
sentirse	verb (infinitive)	to feel (oneself)
me	reflexive pronoun	myself
(yó) me siento	verb (present tense)	I feel (myself)
mal	adverb	badly
tener	verb (infinitive)	to have
(tú) tienes	verb (present tense)	you have (informal, singular)
me	indirect object pronoun	(to) me
doler	verb (infinitive)	to hurt
(él/ella) duele	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) hurts
el estómago	noun (masculine)	the stomach
pobre	adjective (m./f.)	poor
el pobrecito	noun (masculine)	the poor little guy

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

gordo/gorda	adjective (m./f.)	fat
el gordito	noun (masculine)	the chubby guy
poco/poca	adjective (m./f.)	little
el poquito	noun (masculine)	the little cute bit
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

 

More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.

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)
pasar	infinitive	to happen
(yo) paso	present tense	I happen
(tú) pasas		you happen (informal, singular)
(él/ella) pasa		he/she(/it) happens
(usted) pasa		you happen (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) pasamos		we happen (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) pasáis		you happen (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) pasan		they happen (m./f.)
(ustedes) pasan		you happen (formal, plural)
me	reflexive pronoun	myself
te		yourself (informal, singular)
se		himself/herself(/itself)
se		yourself (formal, singular)
nos		ourselves, each other
os		yourselves, each other (informal, plural)
se		themselves, each other
se		yourselves, each other (formal, plural)
sentirse	infinitive	to feel (oneself)
(yo) me siento	present tense	I feel (myself)
(tú) te sientes		you feel (yourself) (informal, singular)
(él/ella) se siente		he/she(/it) feels (himself/herself/itself)
(usted) se siente		you feel (yourself) (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) nos sentimos		we feel (ourselves) (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) os sentís		you feel (yourselves) (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) se sienten		they feel (themselves) (m./f.)
(ustedes) se sienten		you feel (yourselves) (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)
doler	infinitive	to hurt
(yo) duelo	present tense	I hurt
(tú) dueles		you hurt (informal, singular)
(él/ella) duele		he/she(/it) hurts
(usted) duele		you have (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) dolemos		we hurt (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) doléis		you hurt (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) duelen		they hurt (m./f.)
(ustedes) duelen		you hurt (formal, plural)

Exercises

Dialogue Translation

Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.

Hombre, ¿qué te pasa?

Hey, what's happening to you?

Me siento mal.

I don't feel so good.

¿Qué tienes?

What's wrong with you?

Me duele el estómago.

My stomach hurts.

Pobrecito.

Poor little dude.

Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.

Man, what's happening to you?

Hombre, ¿qué te pasa?

I don't feel so good.

Me siento mal.

What's wrong with you?

¿Qué tienes?

My stomach hurts.

Me duele el estómago.

Poor guy.

Pobrecito.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.

Hey!

¡Hombre!

What's up? (= What happens?)

¿Qué pasa?

I feel very (= muy) bad.

Me siento muy mal.

What's your problem?

¿Qué tienes?

I have a headache. (= The head (= la cabeza) hurts to me.)

Me duele la cabeza.

I feel sorry. (= It (= lo) I feel.)

Lo siento.

Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

What's happening to you? (formal, plural)

¿Qué les pasa?

We don't feel so good.

Nos sentimos mal.

What's wrong with you? (formal, plural)

¿Qué tienen (ustedes)?

My stomach hurts.

Me duele el estómago.

Poor little guy.

Pobrecito.

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