lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0023
Going to the Market
Introduction
We are going shopping! This time for fresh apples. Yummy! The keywords are: verde – green and roja – red (for feminine nouns).
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0047: Coffee time, A0066: Bottle of water, A0122: Telephone card
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
lo nanmu: Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? noicon lo ninmu: ¿Manzana verde o roja? noicon lo nanmu: Verde, por favor. noicon lo ninmu: ¿Algo más? noicon lo nanmu: No, es todo. Gracias. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo nanmu: Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? noicon good afternoons (to) me (you) give a kilo of apples man: Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples?
lo ninmu: ¿Manzana verde o roja? noicon apple green or red woman: Green apples or red ones?
lo nanmu: Verde, por favor. noicon green please man: Green, please.
lo ninmu: ¿Algo más? noicon something more woman: Anything else?
lo nanmu: No, es todo. Gracias. noicon no (it) is all thanks man: No, that's all. Thanks.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good buenos/buenas adjective (plural, m./f.) good la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon las tardes noun (plural, feminine) the afternoons buenas tardes phrase good afternoon me indirect object pronoun (to) me dar verb (infinitive) to give (usted) da verb (present tense) you give (formal, singular) (usted) me da phrase you give to me (formal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a el kilo noun (masculine) the kilo de preposition of la manzana noun (feminine) the apple verde adjective (m./f.) green rojo/roja adjective (m./f.) red por favor phrase please algo pronoun something más adverb more no adverb no ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is todo pronoun all gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el día noun (masculine) the day los días noun (plural, masculine) the days buenos días phrase good morning (tú) das verb (present tense) you give (informal, singular) (tú) me das phrase you give to me (informal, singular) el tianguis noun (masculine) the Mexican market nada adverb nothing nada más phrase nothing else 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) | |
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | you give (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) da | he/she(/it) gives | |
| (usted) da | you give (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | we give (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | they give (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dan | you give (formal, plural) | |
| 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.
Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples?
Green apples or red ones?
Green, please.
Anything else?
No, that's all. Thanks.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana?
¿Manzana verde o roja?
Verde, por favor.
¿Algo más?
No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
Buenas tardes.
Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana, por favor?
¿Manzana verde?
No, un kilo de manzana roja, por favor.
¿Algo más?
Un kilo más.
¿Es todo?
No. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana verde?
¿Algo más?
No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Buenas tardes. ¿Me das un kilo de manzana?
¿Manzana verde o roja?
Verde, por favor.
¿Algo más?
No, es todo. Gracias.
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