coi le nintadni (Hello, beginners!)

Leave a comment or a video response with your question about Lojban, and I'll make you a video in English doing my best to answer.

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[lukeabergen]

thanks for the invite to ask questions. Here's one for you. If I say "mi cusku zo si si si" have I just said nothing or have I said "I say 'si' "?

[selckiku]

good question, luke! i just put up a response, with a bonus song :)

[RzaChess]

yes whats the point in learning a language especially if you can only use it to speak to nerds

[nawkwan]

I skimmed through the wiki page trying to find out the significance, purpose, usage/application of Lojban. Could you please tell me why might a person want to learn lojban? (It is always a steep learning curve for ppl trying to learn a new language).

[TheEclecticMonster]

@ZebaSzp starting a new conceptual sentence

[ZebaSzp]

What's the ".i" for?

[Sonarman77]

I would think, but I'm by no means very experienced with the language, that since {zo} governs a word to the right/after itself, and {zoi} does as well, that the probable answer would be "The word 'zoi'". Unlike the {zo si} example, where "si" governs behind/to the left of itself. However, I think {zoi zo. Hello .zo} would be a proper application of selma'o ZOI's precedence over ZO, which I believe would translate as "[Foreign quote! Watch for a Zo!] Hello! [Zo!]"

Dunno for sure, though.

[Tw33dle]

coi selckik

Talking more on {zo}, is it possible to quote {zoi} with it? Lojban Ref. Grammar Chapter 21 says that ZOI takes precedence over ZO, so what shall "zo zoi" really mean -- "the word `zoi`" or "the word `(text quoted by {zoi}`"?

[mirandansa]

What is the difference between "ca ze'a gleki" and "ze'a ca gleki"?

[lukeabergen]

mi na viska lo spuda .i ma se zvati lo se go'i