lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0035
Is Anyone in There?
Introduction
You never know who is in a bathroom! Thus, better check before you enter. JP and Liliana talk about how to do this and all the other things that can happen in Mexican bathrooms ... The key sentence is: está ocupado – it's busy/someone's in here.
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0013: Doing the laundry, A0062: At the bank, A0102: Where is the restroom?
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
lo ninmu: Está ocupado. noicon lo nanmu: Ah, disculpe. noicon lo ninmu: No hay problema. Puede pasar. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo ninmu: Está ocupado. noicon (it) is busy woman: It's busy.
lo nanmu: Ah, disculpe. noicon oh (you) pardon (me) man: Oh, sorry.
lo ninmu: No hay problema. Puede pasar. noicon not there is problem (you) can pass woman: There's no problem. You can go in.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man estar verb (infinitive) to be ocupar verb (infinitive) to occupy ocupado verb (participle) occupied ocupado/ocupada adjective (m./f.) busy, taken ah interjection oh disculpar verb (infinitive) to pardon ¡(usted) disculpe! verb (imperative) you pardon! (formal, singular) no adverb not hay verb (present tense) there is, there are el problema noun (masculine) the problem poder verb (infinitive) to be able (usted) puede verb (present tense) you can (formal, singular) pasar verb (infinitive) to pass (usted) puede pasar phrase you can go ahead
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el baño noun (masculine) the bathroom comer verb (infinitive) to eat bailar verb (infinitive) to dance vomitar verb (infinitive) to vomit la dama noun (feminine) the lady las damas noun (plural, feminine) the ladies el caballero noun (masculine) the gentleman los caballeros noun (plural, masculine) the gentlemen ¿está ocupado? phrase is it busy/taken?
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| disculpar | infinitive | to pardon |
| ¡(tú) disculpa! | imperative | (you) pardon! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) disculpe! | (you) pardon! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos! | (let's) pardon! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad! | (you) pardon! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) disculpen! | (you) pardon! (formal, plural) | |
| poder | infinitive | to be able |
| (yo) puedo | present tense | I can |
| (tú) puedes | you can (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) puede | he/she(/it) can | |
| (usted) puede | you can (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) podemos | we can (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) podéis | you can (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) pueden | they can (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) pueden | you can (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.
It's busy.
Oh, sorry.
There's no problem. You can go in.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
Está ocupado.
Ah, disculpe.
No hay problema. Puede pasar.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
¿El baño está ocupado?
¡Está ocupado!
No hay problema.
¡No puede pasar!
Ah, disculpe.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Está ocupado.
Ah, disculpa.
No hay problema. Puedes pasar.
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