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Lojban Through Dialogues

Lesson 31. Extra Review B — Plans and Possibilities

The next morning. Lifri and Linto sit on a bench in the park. They imagine what could happen, what they hope for, and what they truly want — pure recycling of recent vocabulary, no new words.

Lojban	English
la linto mi pacna lo nu la mentu cu ba klama	I hope Mentu will come.
la lifri cumki .i ku'i mi jinvi lo du'u la mentu cu tatpi	It's possible. But I think Mentu is tired.
la linto mi djica lo nu mi'o casnu lo tcini	I want us to discuss the situation.
la lifri .i le tcini cu mleca zabna .i ze'u tatpi mi	The situation is less than nice — I've been tired for a long time.
la linto .ei mi'o co'a casnu	We should start discussing.
la lifri ki'u ma do djica lo nu casnu	Why do you want to discuss?
la linto ki'u le nu mi cinmo gleki .i mi pacna lo nu mi'o pendo	Because I feel happy. I hope we'll be friends.
la lifri do pendo mi	You are my friend.

Practice dialogue

Linto stretches the same patterns further.

Lojban	English
la linto cumki fa lo nu mi'o ba klama tu	It's possible we'll go to that yonder place.
la lifri mi pacna .i mi djica lo nu mi'o pu'o klama	I hope so. I want us to be about to go.
la linto .ei mi co'a tavla la mentu	I should start talking to Mentu.
la lifri le tcini ze'i cu mleca zabna .i ku'i ba zabna	The situation is briefly less nice. But it'll be nice.
la linto mi djica lo nu mi'o ba kagni	I want us to be a company someday.

Anticipation prompts

Prompt	Lojban
I hope Mentu will come.	mi pacna lo nu la mentu cu ba klama
It's possible.	cumki
I want us to discuss.	mi djica lo nu mi'o casnu
The situation is nice.	le tcini cu zabna
We should start discussing.	.ei mi'o co'a casnu
Why?	ki'u ma
Because I feel happy.	ki'u le nu mi cinmo gleki

Spaced recall — Lessons 25–29

Lojban	English
mi jinvi lo du'u le tcini cu zabna	I think the situation is nice.
mi pacna lo nu klama	I hope to go.
cumki fa lo nu mi tatpi	It's possible I'll be tired.
mi djica lo nu sipna	I want to sleep.
.ei mi cliva ki'u le nu ca lerci	I should leave because it's late.
pu'o nicte	Night is about to come.
tu kagni	That yonder is a company.
ta mo	What is that?
le tcini cu mleca zabna	The situation is less than nice.

Challenge

Prompt	Lojban
I hope it's possible. I want us to start. The situation is nice.	mi pacna lo nu cumki .i mi djica lo nu mi'o co'a .i le tcini cu zabna