lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0131
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I Miss Them
Introduction
In this lesson, JP and Liliana teach us how to ask what's wrong, how to express homesickness, how to give an advice, and how to approve of an idea. Well, not all possibilities but enough to get us started. The keyword is extraño – I miss.
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0030: Call back later, A0076: Jet-lag, A0096: I am allergic
- 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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Dialogue
lo nanmu: ¿Qué te pasa? noicon lo ninmu: Extraño a mi familia. noicon lo nanmu: ¡Llámalos! noicon lo ninmu: Buena idea. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo nanmu: ¿Qué te pasa? noicon what (to) you (it) happens man: What's happening to you?
lo ninmu: Extraño a mi familia. noicon (I) miss to my family woman: I miss my family.
lo nanmu: ¡Llámalos! noicon call them man: Call them!
lo ninmu: Buena idea. noicon good idea woman: Good idea.
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Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what?, how? te indirect object pronoun (to) you (informal, singular) pasar verb (infinitive) to happen (él/ella) pasa verb (present tense) he/she(/it) happens extrañar verb (infinitive) to miss (yo) extraño verb (present tense) I miss a preposition to mi possessive adjective my la familia noun (feminine) the family llamar verb (infinitive) to call ¡(tú) llama! verb (imperative) (you) call! (informal, singular) los direct object pronoun them ¡(tú) llámalos! phrase (you) call them! (informal, singular) bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good la idea noun (feminine) the idea
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la comida noun (feminine) the food (yo) extraño la comida phrase I miss the food el país noun (masculine) the country (yo) extraño mi país phrase I'm homesick (yo) extraño Méjico/México phrase I miss Mexico enfermo/enferma adjective (m./f.) sick de preposition of la casa noun (feminine) the house estar verb (infinitive) to be (yo) estoy homesick phrase I'm homesick
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) | |
| pasar | infinitive | to happen |
| (yo) paso | present tense | I happen |
| (tú) pasas | you happen (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) pasa | he/she(/it) happens | |
| (usted) pasa | you happen (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) pasamos | we happen (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) pasáis | you happen (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) pasan | they happen (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) pasan | you happen (formal, plural) | |
| extrañar | infinitive | to miss |
| (yo) extraño | present tense | I miss |
| (tú) extrañas | you miss (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) extraña | he/she(/it) misses | |
| (usted) extraña | you miss (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) extrañamos | we miss (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) extrañáis | you miss (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) extrañan | they miss (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) extrañan | you miss (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| ¡(tú) llama! | imperative | (you) call! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) llame! | (you) call! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) llamemos! | (let's) call! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) llamad! | (you) call! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) llamen! | (you) call! (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.
¿Qué te pasa?
What's happening to you?
Extraño a mi familia.
I miss my family.
¡Llámalos!
Call them!
Buena idea.
Good idea.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
What's happening to you?
¿Qué te pasa?
I miss my family.
Extraño a mi familia.
Call them!
¡Llámalos!
Good idea.
Buena idea.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
What's happening to you?
¿Qué te pasa?
Well (= good) ...
Bueno ...
What?
¿Qué?
I miss my country and (= y) the food.
Extraño mi país y la comida.
Well ...
Bueno ...
¡And I miss my family!
¡Y extraño a mi familia!
Call them!
¡Llámalos!
Good idea.
Buena idea.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What's happening to you? (formal)
¿Qué le pasa?
I miss my family.
Extraño a mi familia.
Call them! (formal)
¡Llámelos!
Good idea.
Buena idea.
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