First Steps in Lojban

• Koshon, or in Lojban, .kocon (pronounced as KO-shon).
• Sora’s childhood friend.
• Speaks Lojban quite well.
• He'll be serving as Sora’s teacher throughout this course.

• Sora, or in Lojban, .soran. (pronounced as SOH-rahn).
• A total beginner at Lojban.
• Learning the ropes from Koshon.

• Sevan, or Sevan (pronounced as SEH-vahn).
• Sora’s younger sister.
• Surprisingly has the most Lojban experience in the family.
• A fountain of random Lojban trivia.

Hi everyone, coi rodo! I’m Koshon. Great to meet you all.

Yahoo! I’m Sora! …Wait, Koshon, did you say “shoi rodo”?

That’s a greeting in Lojban, the constructed language. It means “hello, everyone.”

Cool! When I hear “Lojban” I think of logic.

Sharp eye! Lojban belongs to the loglang (logical language) family. Thanks to clever design, the grammar is remarkably simple and it's quite easy to pick up. Want to give it a try, Sora?

If you say it’s easy… okay, I’ll give it a shot!

Something like that, I guess.

And we’ll keep going from there.