lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0122
Telephone Card
Introduction
In this lesson Liliana and JP tell us all about phone cards, in particular how to buy one in Lojban—and why you should. The keyword is: tarjeta de teléfono – phone card.
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0005: Take a picture, A0023: Going to the market, A0056: What time is the train?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
lo ninmu: ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? noicon lo nanmu: ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? noicon lo ninmu: Internacionales. noicon lo nanmu: Diez euros. noicon lo ninmu: Gracias. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo ninmu: ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? noicon (to) me (you) give a card of telephone woman: Will you give me a phone card?
lo nanmu: ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? noicon for calls domestic or international man: For domestic or international calls?
lo ninmu: Internacionales. noicon international woman: International calls.
lo nanmu: Diez euros. noicon ten euros man: Ten euros.
lo ninmu: Gracias. noicon thanks woman: Thank you.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man me indirect object pronoun (to) me dar verb (infinitive) to give (usted) da verb (present tense) you give (formal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a la tarjeta noun (feminine) the card de preposition of el teléfono noun (masculine) the telephone para preposition for la llamada noun (feminine) the call la llamadas noun (plural, feminine) the calls nacional adjective (m./f.) domestic nacionales adjective (plural, m./f.) domestic internacional adjective (m./f.) international internacionales adjective (plural, m./f.) international diez number ten el euro noun (masculine) the euro los euros noun (plural, masculine) the euros gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el taco noun (masculine) the taco la cerveza noun (feminine) the beer la pluma noun (feminine) the pen eu interjection yes 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) |
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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.
Will you give me a phone card?
For domestic or international calls?
International calls.
Ten euros.
Thank you.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
Internacionales.
Diez euros.
Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
¿Me da una tarjeta?
¿Una tarjeta?
Para llamadas internacionales.
¿Una tarjeta de teléfono?
¡Sí! ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
¿Para llamadas internacionales?
Sí, para llamadas internacionales.
Diez euros.
Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
¿Nos da una tarjeta de teléfono?
¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
Internacionales.
Diez euros.
Gracias.
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