[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Jared Angell
thanx On 10/27/07, Alex Martini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 27, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Jared Angell wrote: > > Can someone place all this on the community blog? > > Done. http://community.livejournal.com/lojban/ > > Jared -- if you'd like to write to the blog yourself, just set up a > livejou

[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Joel Shellman
> rafsi: affix syllable (like a suffix or prefix) This doesn't tell me much of what it's used for. Are rafsi used for any purpose other than lujvo generation? > tanru: metaphoric modifier-phrase interesting, how is it metaphoric? > bridi: sentence made of arguments connected by a relationship

[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Alex Martini
On Oct 27, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Jared Angell wrote: Can someone place all this on the community blog? Done. http://community.livejournal.com/lojban/ Jared -- if you'd like to write to the blog yourself, just set up a livejournal account and join the "community". mu'o mi'e .aleks.

[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Jared Angell
Can someone place all this on the community blog? On 10/27/07, Matt Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Excellent list, similar to the one I made for myself at the equivalent > stage of my learning. The only clarifications I would add are: > > rafsi: affix syllable (like a suffix or prefix) > ta

[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Alex Martini
On Oct 27, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Joel Shellman wrote: Is there a quick reference guide for all the words used to discuss the language? This would really help to have sitting handy while trying to learn lojban. This is what I have so far. If someone has already created this, please let me know. If n

[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Matt Arnold
Excellent list, similar to the one I made for myself at the equivalent stage of my learning. The only clarifications I would add are: rafsi: affix syllable (like a suffix or prefix) tanru: metaphoric modifier-phrase bridi: sentence made of arguments connected by a relationship sumti: an argument i

[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome

2007-10-27 Thread Jared Angell
I'm quickly discovering that the Lojban community is a group of people that don't take the language more seriously really than as a intellectual game which my level is apparently zero in and therefore I don't have a right to discuss the weaknesses and problems of the game that could be worked on.

[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Jared Angell
Very helpful, thanks! On 10/27/07, Jorge Llambías <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/27/07, Joel Shellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- Types of words -- > > cmavo : structure words > > cmene : names > > You may want to distinguish {cmene}, for names in general, from > {cmevla}, "name-word",

[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome

2007-10-27 Thread Penguino
Jorge Llambías said: Can it also be used for the earth? Because that's what the geo- part > of geodesic means. Yes.

[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome

2007-10-27 Thread Jorge Llambías
On 10/26/07, Penguino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Geodesic is a little more difficult - my dictionary gives 测地线 for "geodesic > line". 地 = ground, Can it also be used for the earth? Because that's what the geo- part of geodesic means. > 线 = line, but 测 is a new word to me. The dictionary gives

[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Jorge Llambías
On 10/27/07, Joel Shellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- Types of words -- > cmavo : structure words > cmene : names You may want to distinguish {cmene}, for names in general, from {cmevla}, "name-word", which are those words that must end in a consonant and can only be used as names. {cmene} is

[lojban-beginners] Quick Reference Guide for language words

2007-10-27 Thread Joel Shellman
Is there a quick reference guide for all the words used to discuss the language? This would really help to have sitting handy while trying to learn lojban. This is what I have so far. If someone has already created this, please let me know. If not, I'll update it here as I learn: http://taotree.w

[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome

2007-10-27 Thread Alex Martini
On Oct 27, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Jared Angell wrote: Forgive me if before I learn a language I want to test the waters to make sure that it is speakable. On 10/26/07, Penguino < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Seriously Jared, could you please lose some of that attitude? You have barely learned the la

[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic domes

2007-10-27 Thread Jared Angell
That's cool. On 10/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a message dated 10/27/2007 4:23:56 AM Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I do favor the use of short general lujvo when indeed there are likely > to be multiple longer concepts that will be made fro

[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome

2007-10-27 Thread Jared Angell
Forgive me if before I learn a language I want to test the waters to make sure that it is speakable. On 10/26/07, Penguino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seriously Jared, could you please lose some of that attitude? You have > barely learned the language, and yet you come in barging with all these

[lojban-beginners] geodesic domes

2007-10-27 Thread MorphemeAddict
In a message dated 10/27/2007 4:23:56 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I do favor the use of short general lujvo when indeed there are likely > to be multiple longer concepts that will be made from it. I don't think > that applies here. There are rather limited numbers o