Lojban For Beginners - Chapter 3 - Vocabulary

Front 1

catra

Back 1

x1 (agent) kills/slaughters/murders x2 by action/method x3

Front 2

ciska

Back 2

x1 inscribes/writes x2 on display/storage medium x3 with writing implement x4; x1 is a scribe

Front 3

finti

Back 3

x1 invents/creates/composes/authors x2 for function/purpose x3 from existing elements/ideas x4

Front 4

nenri

Back 4

x1 is in/inside/within x2; x1 is on the inside/interior of x2 [totally within the bounds of x2]

Front 5

prami

Back 5

x1 loves/feels strong affectionate devotion towards x2 (object/state)

Front 6

sutra

Back 6

x1 is fast/swift/quick/hastes/rapid at doing/being/bringing about x2 (event/state)

Front 7

.e'o

Back 7

changes imperative to request

Front 8

ko

Back 8

you (imperative)

Front 9

do

Back 9

you

Front 10

xu

Back 10

Converts bridi to yes/no question (Is this true: ... ?)

Front 11

go'i

Back 11

Repeats meaning of last bridi (minus question)

Front 12

na

Back 12

Negates bridi

Front 13

ma

Back 13

what (sumti)

Front 14

mo

Back 14

what (selbri)

Front 15

xebni

Back 15

x1 hates/despises x2 (object/abstraction); x1 is full of hate for x2; x2 is odious to x1.

Front 16

pendo

Back 16

x1 is/acts as a friend of/to x2 (experiencer); x2 befriends x1.

Front 17

fengu

Back 17

x1 is angry/mad at x2 for x3 (action/state/property).

Front 18

cinba

Back 18

x1 (agent) kisses/busses x2 at locus x3.

Front 19

pulji

Back 19

x1 is a police officer/[enforcer/vigilante] enforcing law(s)/rule(s)/order x2.

Front 20

sanga

Back 20

x1 sings/chants x2 [song/hymn/melody/melodic sounds] to audience x3.

Front 21

melbi

Back 21

x1 is beautiful/pleasant to x2 in aspect x3 (ka) by aesthetic standard x4.

Front 22

gasnu

Back 22

x1 [person/agent] is an agentive cause of event x2; x1 does/brings about x2.

Front 23

pe

Back 23

of (loosely possessed by)

Front 24

po

Back 24

of (uniquely owned by)

Front 25

po'e

Back 25

of (inalienably owned by)