Lojban Through Dialogues
Lesson 30. Full Spiral Review
The final lesson of the core course — and a deliberate spiral. Almost every word here has appeared before. Read it through and notice how much you understand without looking at the English column.
Oh — I actually do recognise most of this. That's satisfying.
That's what the Spaced Recall blocks have been building toward. Let's confirm it.
| Lojban | English |
|---|---|
| coi do .i xu do se bangu la .lojban. | Hello. Can you speak Lojban? |
| go'i .i mi milxe se bangu | Yes. I can speak a little. |
| ki'e .i mi gleki | Thank you. I'm happy. |
| mi pu citka su'o kukte ca le prulamdei | I ate something tasty yesterday. |
| .ai mi citka lo titnanba ca le cabdei | I'm going to eat cookies today. |
| xu do nelci lo titnanba | Do you like cookies? |
| mi nelci .i ie | I like them. Yes. |
| do pu klama ma ca le cerni be le cabdei | Where did you go this morning? |
| mi pu klama lo gusta | I went to a restaurant. |
| mi ba klama le panka ti'u li cacra bu vo ca le bavlamdei | I'll go to the park at 4 o'clock tomorrow. |
| le speni be mi jo'u mi ba litru lo drata gugde | My spouse and I will travel in another country. |
| mi kanpe lo nu mi stali ze'a le jeftu be li re | I expect to stay for two weeks. |
| ba le nu vitke kei mi di'a klama le zdani | After the visit I'll return home. |
| lo nu tavla do kei pu pluka mi | Talking to you was a pleasure. |
| pu'o nicte co'o do | Night is coming — goodbye! |
New words
| Lojban | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kukte | tasty, delicious |
| ie | yes / agreed (attitudinal: agreement) |
Cumulative vocabulary reference
Here is a compact reference of the core words you now know:
| Lojban | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coi / co'o | hello / goodbye |
| mi'e / la | I am (introducing self) / name-tag |
| mi / do / mi'o | I / you / we (you and I) |
| .i | sentence boundary |
| xu / go'i / na go'i | yes/no question / yes / no |
| na | negation |
| se bangu / milxe | speak a language / a little |
| ki'e / je'e | thank you / you're welcome |
| .ui / .u'u | yay / sorry |
| .e'u / pei | let's / how about? |
| .au / .ai / .ei | I want / I intend / I should |
| ma / mo / xo | what? / what predicate? / how many? |
| tavla / nelci / prami | talk / like / love |
| cmene | name |
| zvati / klama | be at / go |
| le / lo / cu | the / some / (predicate separator) |
| zdani / panka | home / park |
| cerni / vanci / nicte | morning / evening / night |
| ca / pu / ba | now / past / future |
| gleki / birti | happy / certain |
| cabdei / bavlamdei / prulamdei | today / tomorrow / yesterday |
| pa re ci vo mu | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| xa ze bi so no | 6 7 8 9 0 |
| citka / pinxe | eat / drink |
| djacu / nanba / stasu | water / bread / soup |
| gusta / cidja / jisra / titnanba | restaurant / food / juice / cookies |
| tcika / ti'u / li / cacra bu | time / at (clock) / (number marker) / o'clock |
| ko / sutra / masno / djuno | command-you / fast / slow / know |
| kargu / tolkargu / mutce | expensive / cheap / very |
| jdini / meryru'u / te vecnu / su'o | money / dollar / buy / some |
| .e / zarci | and (nouns) / shop |
| speni / panzi / lanzu | spouse / offspring / family |
| se / be | (slot swap) / (inner link: "of") |
| bersa / tixnu / nanla / nixli | son / daughter / boy / girl |
| xabju / tcadu / barda / cmalu | live in / city / big / small |
| litru / gugde / drata / darno | travel / country / other / far |
| fi'i | welcome |
| sipna / gunka / nitcu / jibri / lerci | sleep / work / need / job / late |
| lo nu … (kei) | event of … (closes event) |
| casnu / zabna / tadni | discuss / nice / study |
| .ue | surprise |
| sepli / jibni / ki'otre | separated / near / kilometre |
| pleji / kagni / dikca / detma'i / ro | pay / company / electricity / month / every |
| jo'u / vitke / stali / kanpe / pendo | together / visit / stay / expect / friend |
| ze'a / ze'u / ze'i / jeftu / djedi | medium-duration / long-duration / short-duration / week / day |
| di'a / pe / fu / ti | resume / of / by-means-of / this-here |
| karce / taksi | car / taxi |
| ba le nu … kei | after (event) |
| ki'u / co'a / pu'o / pluka | because / begin / about-to / pleasant |
| kukte / ie | tasty / agreed |
Final anticipation prompts
Say in Lojban: I ate something tasty yesterday. (mi pu citka su'o kukte ca le prulamdei)
Say in Lojban: Where will you go this evening? (do ba klama ma ca le vanci be le cabdei)
Say in Lojban: I like cookies. I'm going to buy some today. (mi nelci lo titnanba .i .ai mi te vecnu lo titnanba ca le cabdei)
Say in Lojban: Talking to you was a pleasure. Night is coming — goodbye! (lo nu tavla do kei pu pluka mi .i pu'o nicte co'o do)
Full spiral review
| Lojban | English |
|---|---|
| coi do .i xu do se bangu la .lojban. | Hello. Can you speak Lojban? |
| go'i .i mi milxe se bangu | Yes. I can speak a little. |
| mi pu citka le stasu ca le vanci | I ate soup in the evening. |
| mi ba klama le panka ti'u li cacra bu vo ca le bavlamdei | I'll go to the park at 4 o'clock tomorrow. |
| le lanzu be mi cu xabju lo barda tcadu | My family lives in a big city. |
| mi jo'u le speni be mi ba litru lo drata gugde | My spouse and I will travel in another country. |
| mi kanpe lo nu mi stali ze'a le jeftu be li re | I expect to stay for two weeks. |
| ba le nu vitke kei mi di'a klama le zdani fu le taksi | After the visit I'll return home by taxi. |
| .ei mi sipna ki'u le nu ca lerci | I should sleep because it's late. |
| lo nu tavla do kei pu pluka mi .i pu'o nicte co'o do | Talking to you was a pleasure. Night is coming — goodbye! |
From "can you speak Lojban?" to "my spouse and I are travelling to another country and I'll return home by taxi after the visit" — I feel like I've actually been somewhere.
You have. And this is only the beginning of the path — every lesson here opened a door that goes much deeper. Keep going!