lojban by Choice/LojbanPod newbie lesson A0033
It's Expensive
Introduction
Beware! This is the taboo lesson: rents, salaries, politics, religion, sex, and ... mamas! Liliana and JP give invaluable information about US-American and Latin-American culture. The keywords are: cara – expensive (for feminine nouns) and caro – expensive (for masculine nouns).
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
lo nanmu: Mi renta es de mil dólares. noicon lo ninmu: ¿En serio? Es muy cara. noicon lo nanmu: Pero todo es caro. noicon lo ninmu: Tienes razón. noicon
Dialogue with Translation
lo nanmu: Mi renta es de mil dólares. noicon my rent is of thousand dollars man: My rent is at a thousand dollars.
lo ninmu: ¿En serio? Es muy cara. noicon in serious (it) is very expensive woman: Seriously? It's very expensive.
lo nanmu: Pero todo es caro noicon but everything is expensive man: But everything is expensive.
lo ninmu: Tienes razón. noicon (you) have right woman: You're right.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman mi possessive adjective my la renta noun (feminine) the rent ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is de preposition of mil number thousand el dólar noun (masculine) the dollar los dólares noun (plural, masculine) the dollars en preposition in serio/seria adjective (m./f.) serious muy adverb very caro/cara adjective (m./f.) expensive pero conjunction but todo pronoun everything, all tener verb (infinitive) to have (tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) la razón noun (feminine) the reason tener razón phrase to be right
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la cara noun (feminine) the face hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
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) |
ser | infinitive | to be |
(yo) soy | present tense | I am |
(tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
(él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
(usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
(nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
(vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
(ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
(ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
tener | infinitive | to have |
(yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
(tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
(él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
(usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
(nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
(vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
(ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
(ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Lojban to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Lojban sentences aloud.
My rent is at a thousand dollars.
Seriously? It's very expensive.
But everything is expensive.
You're right.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Lojban. Remember to say the Lojban sentences aloud.
Mi renta es de mil dólares.
¿En serio? Es muy cara.
Pero todo es caro.
Tienes razón.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.
Todo es muy caro.
Tienes razón. Mi renta es muy caro.
Todo.
Mi renta es de mil dólares.
Es muy, muy caro.
¿En serio?
¡En serio! Pero todo es muy caro.
Todo.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Nuestra renta es de mil dólares.
¿En serio? Es muy cara.
Pero todo es caro.
Tiene razón.
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