Learning cmavo
Remo Dentato
Since I'm a rather "visual" person, I'm trying to create reference
material that I can use to memorize them. I found the flashcard
approach a little bit boring and I can't concentrate enough while
using Smart.fm and similar tools.
Some of you might remember one attempt of mine on the time/space
cmavo: http://jbotcan.org/ideas/src/1254854442265.pdf
(that was intended to be printed on the two sides of an A4 sheet and
then folded as a booklet).
I've now tried a different approach creating a "periodic table of
pro-sumti and pro-bridi":
http://jbotcan.org/ideas/src/1286574078318.pdf
should it prove useful I'll try with other periodic tables (e.g. the
table of modals!).
Different people learn using different strategies and what is a good
visual representation for me, could be completely misleading for
others!
So this may or may not be helpful for you. I just post it in case
someone alse might benefit of it.
Suggestions, corrections and feedback are always very welcome.
remo.d
Jonathan Jones
Why do you have {ti ta tu} but not {vi va vu}?
Why are it-6 to it-10 {fo'a - fo'u} above it-1 to it-5 {ko'a - ko'u}?
I thought {du} was a pro-bridi?
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Jorge Llambías
>
> I've now tried a different approach creating a "periodic table of
> pro-sumti and pro-bridi":
> http://jbotcan.org/ideas/src/1286574078318.pdf
> should it prove useful I'll try with other periodic tables (e.g. the
> table of modals!).
That's cute. :)
You have a typo: "coi" should be "cei".
mu'o mi'e xorxes
Remo Dentato
>
> It's interesting. Due to the nature of the presentation, I don't think na
> pdf is the right format, unless you are capable of changing the page size.
> Even then, I'd opt for a high-res png, or other picture format.
You could scale and print that PDF on a A3 sheet or even larger and
you should not notice any scaling effect. I can surely produce a png
for that but that would be much bigger and not better resolution-wise.
> Why do you have {ti ta tu} but not {vi va vu}?
My understanding is that {vi} {va} and {vu} are space/time cmavo and
are not valid as pro-sumti. When we say {le vi plise}, I'm really
saying "the apple that is here close to me" rather than "this apple".
Am I wrong?
> Why are it-6 to it-10 {fo'a - fo'u} above it-1 to it-5 {ko'a - ko'u}?
No specific reason, I can easily swap them.
> I thought {du} was a pro-bridi?
I'm not sure. I initially hadn't it at all, I probably should
understand it better. I know see it as just meaning "is the same of".
Remo Dentato
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Remo Dentato <rden...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You have a typo: "coi" should be "cei".
>
Thanks.
Jonathan Jones
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com> wrote:You could scale and print that PDF on a A3 sheet or even larger and
>
> It's interesting. Due to the nature of the presentation, I don't think na
> pdf is the right format, unless you are capable of changing the page size.
> Even then, I'd opt for a high-res png, or other picture format.
you should not notice any scaling effect. I can surely produce a png
for that but that would be much bigger and not better resolution-wise.
Well, I meant for people like me who prefer the digital version. (I like trees. Printing means using paper. Using paper means less trees.)
Then again, the best format for use is probably html....
> Why do you have {ti ta tu} but not {vi va vu}?My understanding is that {vi} {va} and {vu} are space/time cmavo and
are not valid as pro-sumti. When we say {le vi plise}, I'm really
saying "the apple that is here close to me" rather than "this apple".
Am I wrong?
No specific reason, I can easily swap them.
> Why are it-6 to it-10 {fo'a - fo'u} above it-1 to it-5 {ko'a - ko'u}?
I'm not sure. I initially hadn't it at all, I probably should
> I thought {du} was a pro-bridi?
understand it better. I know see it as just meaning "is the same of".
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Jonathan Jones
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Remo Dentato <rden...@gmail.com> wrote:On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com> wrote:You could scale and print that PDF on a A3 sheet or even larger and
>
> It's interesting. Due to the nature of the presentation, I don't think na
> pdf is the right format, unless you are capable of changing the page size.
> Even then, I'd opt for a high-res png, or other picture format.
you should not notice any scaling effect. I can surely produce a png
for that but that would be much bigger and not better resolution-wise.
Well, I meant for people like me who prefer the digital version. (I like trees. Printing means using paper. Using paper means less trees.)
Then again, the best format for use is probably html....
for us. not for use. ug. Stupid keyboards....
> Why do you have {ti ta tu} but not {vi va vu}?My understanding is that {vi} {va} and {vu} are space/time cmavo and
are not valid as pro-sumti. When we say {le vi plise}, I'm really
saying "the apple that is here close to me" rather than "this apple".
Am I wrong?
No specific reason, I can easily swap them.
> Why are it-6 to it-10 {fo'a - fo'u} above it-1 to it-5 {ko'a - ko'u}?
I'm not sure. I initially hadn't it at all, I probably should
> I thought {du} was a pro-bridi?
understand it better. I know see it as just meaning "is the same of".
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Pierre Abbat
> It's interesting. Due to the nature of the presentation, I don't think na
> pdf is the right format, unless you are capable of changing the page size.
> Even then, I'd opt for a high-res png, or other picture format.
I suggest SVG, which is a vector format. PNG would have stairsteps or blurs on
the letters.
> Why do you have {ti ta tu} but not {vi va vu}?
{vi va vu} are tense markers.
> Why are it-6 to it-10 {fo'a - fo'u} above it-1 to it-5 {ko'a - ko'u}?
>
> I thought {du} was a pro-bridi?
It's in the same selma'o, so it should have the same color. Also "zi'o" is a
pro-sumti, but is colored like an operator.
Also "brodi" appears thrice.
Pierre
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Jonathan Jones
On Friday 08 October 2010 18:17:52 Jonathan Jones wrote:I suggest SVG, which is a vector format. PNG would have stairsteps or blurs on
> It's interesting. Due to the nature of the presentation, I don't think na
> pdf is the right format, unless you are capable of changing the page size.
> Even then, I'd opt for a high-res png, or other picture format.
the letters.
Quite. I wish I had thought of it.
> Why do you have {ti ta tu} but not {vi va vu}?{vi va vu} are tense markers.
It's in the same selma'o, so it should have the same color. Also "zi'o" is a
> Why are it-6 to it-10 {fo'a - fo'u} above it-1 to it-5 {ko'a - ko'u}?
>
> I thought {du} was a pro-bridi?
pro-sumti, but is colored like an operator.
Also "brodi" appears thrice.
Pierre
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Remo Dentato
> I suggest SVG, which is a vector format. PNG would have stairsteps or blurs on
> the letters.
me check how good is OpenOffice at exporting to SVG. Of course if
anyone is interested I can handover the OOo Draw file.
>> I thought {du} was a pro-bridi?
>
> It's in the same selma'o, so it should have the same color. Also "zi'o" is a
> pro-sumti, but is colored like an operator.
I'm not just grouping by slema'o or I would get any more help.
My understanding is {zi'o} is special in that when used it does not
represent a sumti, rather it cancel the sumti places modifying the
meaning of the brivla itself. If I got {zi'o} correctly, if I say
{zi'o klama xyboi zy.} I'm not saying that "nobody is going to x from
y" but "there's a path to x from y". Hence it's not colored as other
pro-sumti.
{du} is different. I understand it as a brivla. I can't get why it has
been defined as a cmavo.
> Also "brodi" appears thrice.
FIxed! thanks
Remo
Remo Dentato
{zi'e} to a pro-sumti), made a SVG and a PNG (and also kept the pdf,
of course).
Now the next question would be: should I add it to the lojban.org
material or should I make it live on jbotcan?
remo
.alyn.post.
lojban.org. I request you place it there.
And, very very nice. I like it a lot.
-Alan
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Remo Dentato
<alyn...@lodockikumazvati.org> wrote:
> I would find it easier to work on and extend if it were on
> lojban.org. I request you place it there.
Ok, I created a separate "cheat sheets" page and also put a link from
the "books" section:
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=jbo_cheat_sheet
Hope that others will share theirs.
Remo
Lindar
Not like "this apple is exactly the same as that apple", but "Jeff's
apple is the same as this apple." x1 and x2 of {du} are one and the
same object/person/thing/idea. I believe it's derived from dunli,
which is where 1 and 2 are similar objects and x3 is the similar
trait. If there was anything in Lojban that was like "is", {du} would
probably be it (in the sense of "Mr. Jingle is Jeff's bird." OSLT).
So... not pro-bridi, it's an actual selbri.
Ian Johnson
Jonathan Jones
...Agh. "A word is a selbri." I know there aren't many ways of saying that better, but I still cringe a bit at that.Also, why IS {du} in GOhA? Why is it even a cmavo?
It's a cmavo because of it's shape. It's a CV word. All CV words are cmavo.
Also, a few more typos:{bu'a} and friends are numbered wrong.{ma} has "simti" instead of "sumti"Nice, by the way.mu'o mi'e latros.--On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Lindar <lindar...@yahoo.com> wrote:du means "x1 is exactly the same thing as x2"
Not like "this apple is exactly the same as that apple", but "Jeff's
apple is the same as this apple." x1 and x2 of {du} are one and the
same object/person/thing/idea. I believe it's derived from dunli,
which is where 1 and 2 are similar objects and x3 is the similar
trait. If there was anything in Lojban that was like "is", {du} would
probably be it (in the sense of "Mr. Jingle is Jeff's bird." OSLT).
So... not pro-bridi, it's an actual selbri.
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John E Clifford
From: Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 5:10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Learning cmavo
Jonathan Jones
Any time you get tired of Lojlish for talking about Lojban, English is still available and the technical jargons of linguistics, logic and programming are relatively straightforward -- and adaptable.
Who are you talking to?
Remo Dentato
> Also, why IS {du} in GOhA? Why is it even a cmavo?
I asked that myself, it is clearly not a pro-bridi since it as a
definite and invariable meaning.
Initially I hadn't it in the table at all, then I had it in a
different color and then I colored it as the other GOhA.
After all the table it's just a mnemonic tool. If it helps to remember
that {du} has the form of a cmavo but it's actually something else, it
will serve its purpose
> Also, a few more typos:
> {bu'a} and friends are numbered wrong.
> {ma} has "simti" instead of "sumti"
Thanks. Going to fix them
John E Clifford
Pierre Abbat
> People who display some problems dealing with the technical terminology,
> unique to Lojban, for describing Lojban. It is hard enough to learn a new
> language, without having to learn a new way of talking about language, a
> way which will make sense only after you learn the language (if then).
> This manner of talking grew up, sometimes consciously, in response to JCB's
> habitual misuse of English to describe Loglan ("metaphor" for tanru is the
> most infamous example). Somehow, the idea of using English correctly never
> seems to have gained any ground, but it is still available when
> clarification is needed.
Okay, can we list the proper English terms for talking about Lojban?
The "hyphen letter" is an interfix, whether used in a type-3 fu'ivla or a
lujvo.
A "modal" is a preposition. I call BAI proper prepositions, as distinct from
tense markers which can also be prepositions. "do'e", however, is a proper
preposition but not a "modal", as it is not derived from a brivla (though you
could say it means "fi'o co'e").
"ka'e" and "ca'a" are modals (as the term is used in other languages).
I don't think it's possible to completely avoid using Lojban terminology when
describing Lojban grammar, just as one can't describe Hebrew grammar without
using words like "niph`al" (or "N-stem", but the "N" is still a Hebrew
prefix). But we can use standard linguistic terminology for a lot of it.
Pierre
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John E Clifford
flowing together well, so a clear demarcation between those various factors (and
there are probably others) would be useful -- and readily available. Of course,
you lose some in group elitism in the process, but clarity and ease of learning
might make it worthwhile.
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Michael Turniansky
(which only meant "=", IIRC)
--gejyspa
John E Clifford
already solid in the first big printing of Loglan (basically the most finished
part of MEX)