lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0003
At the Bar
Introduction
Ordering beer, one of the essential surviving techniques in the civilized world. At least for some people. Probably the keyword una cerveza – a beer is sufficient to order beer, but in the civilized world we might want to use a few more words. JP and Liliana tell us all about it.
- related LojbanPod lessons: A0041: Cheers!, A0066: Bottle of water, A0106: Room service
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
lo nanmu: Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? noicon lo ninmu: Quiero una cerveza. noicon lo nanmu: ¿Clara u obscura? noicon lo ninmu: Obscura por favor. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo nanmu: Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? noicon good afternoons what (to) you (I) serve man: Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
lo ninmu: Quiero una cerveza. noicon (I) want a beer woman: I'd like a beer.
lo nanmu: ¿Clara u obscura?' noicon clear or dark man: Regular or dark?
lo ninmu: Obscura por favor. noicon dark please woman: Dark, please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good buenos/buenas adjective (plural, m./f.) good la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon las tardes noun (plural, feminine) the afternoons buenas tardes phrase good afternoon ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? le indirect object pronoun (to) you (formal, singular) servir verb (infinitive) to serve (yo) sirvo verb (present tense) I serve querer verb (infinitive) to want, to like (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want, I like uno number one un/una article (m./f.) a la cerveza noun (feminine) the beer claro/clara adjective (m./f.) clear, bright o conjunction or u conjunction (before “o”) or obscuro/obscura adjective (m./f.) dark por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
¿Me da una cerveza por favor? phrase Do you give me a beer, please? cerveza light phrase light beer la cerveza clara phrase the regular beer claros/claras adjective (plural, m./f.) clear, bright la cerveza obscura phrase the dark beer obscuros/obscuras adjective (plural, m./f.) dark el vino noun (masculine) the wine blanco/blanca adjective (m./f.) white el vino blanco phrase the white wine el vino tinto phrase the red wine la michelada noun (feminine) the beer with lime, salt, and sauces Méjico/México lindo phrase beautiful Mexico hasta luego phrase see you later
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) | |
| servir | infinitive | I serve |
| (yo) sirvo | present tense | I serve |
| (tú) sirves | you serve (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sirve | he/she(/it) serves | |
| (usted) sirve | you serve (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) servimos | we serve (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) servís | you serve (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) sirven | they serve (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) sirven | you serve (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.
Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
I'd like a beer.
Regular or dark?
Dark, please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo?
Quiero una cerveza.
¿Clara u obscura?
Obscura por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
Buenas tardes.
Buenas. (short for buenas tardes)
Quiero una por favor.
¿Qué?
Una tarde por favor.
Bueno. ¿Qué le sirvo?
Quiero un/una ...
¿Una cerveza o un vino tinto o un vino blanco?
Quiero una cerveza buena.
¿Una cerveza buena? ¿Una cerveza obscura?
Quiero una michelada por favor.
Bueno. Le sirvo una michelada buena.
Bueno.
Bueno.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Buenas tardes. ¿Qué les sirvo?
Queremos una cerveza.
¿Clara u obscura?
Obscura por favor.
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