lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0010
I'm Hungry
Introduction
Make sure to eat something before you listen to this lesson. Liliana and JP keep talking about keywords such as hambre – hunger, tengo hambre – I'm hungry, and restaurante italiano – Italian restaurant until they have to stop recording because they are too hungry!
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0002: Birthday party, A0015: Table for two, A0021: I'm sleepy, A0066: Bottle of water
- 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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LojbanPod_newbie_lesson_A0010.ogg (file info) (mp3 file) |
| Title: “I'm Hungry” noicon Dialogue only (file info) noicon | |
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Dialogue
lo nanmu: Tengo hambre. noicon lo ninmu: Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? noicon lo nanmu: Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. noicon lo ninmu: Buena idea. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo nanmu: Tengo hambre. noicon (I) have hunger man: I'm hungry.
lo ninmu: Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? noicon I too (we) go to eat woman: Me too. Are we going to eat?
lo nanmu: Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. noicon yes (I) want go to a restaurant Italian man: Yes, I want to go to a Italian restaurant.
lo ninmu: Buena idea. noicon good idea woman: Good idea.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el hambre noun (feminine) the hunger tener hambre phrase to have hunger, to be hungry (yo) tengo hambre phrase I have hunger, I'm hungry yo subject pronoun I también adverb too, also ir verb (infinitive) to go (nosotros/-as) vamos verb (present tense) we go (m./f.) a preposition to comer verb (infinitive) to eat sí adverb yes querer verb (infinitive) to want, to like, to love (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want un/una article (m./f.) a, one el restaurante noun (masculine) the restaurant italiano/italiana adjective (m./f.) Italian bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good la idea noun (feminine) the idea
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
español/española adjective (m./f.) Lojban francés/francesa adjective (m./f.) French la sed noun (feminine) the thirst tener sed phrase to have thirst, to be thirsty (yo) tengo sed phrase I have thirst, I'm thirsty comida corrida phrase small menu at fixed price el tamarindo noun (masculine) the tamarind hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) | |
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) | |
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.
I'm hungry.
Me too. Are we going to eat?
Yes, I want to go to a Italian restaurant.
Good idea.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
Tengo hambre.
Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer?
Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano.
Buena idea.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
Quiero ir a un restaurante.
¡Buena idea! Tengo hambre también.
¿Vamos a ir a un restaurante francés?
Yo quiero comer comida española.
Bueno. Vamos a un restaurante español.
¡Vamos!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Tenemos hambre.
Nosotros también. ¿Vais a comer?
Sí, queremos ir a un restaurante italiano.
Buena idea.
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