Lojban and Chinese, A Word A Day

By Xah Lee. Date:
cilre ≔ x1 learns x2 (du'u) about subject x3 from source x4 (obj./event) by method x5 (event/process)

Recall that zo'e is blank word, and “la” is placed in front of names.

看 ⇔ read; look. 书 ⇔ book. 和 ⇔ and.

tcadu ≔ x1 is a town/city of metropolitan area x2, in political unit x3, serving hinterland/region x4

The ke and ke'e acts like grouping parenthesis.

城≈fortress; building; town. 市≈market place, center of activity, downtown. 孩子 ⇔ children.

爱 ⇔ love. 夜 ⇔ night.

verba ≔ x1 is a child/kid/juvenile [a young person] of age x2, immature by standard x3

bo connects two words together, like a hypen, so that “little girl bo school” means “little girl-school”.

小 ⇔ small. 女 ⇔ female. 孩 ⇔ child.

kalri ≔ x1 (portal/passage/entrance-way) is open/ajar/not shut permitting passage/access to x2 by x3

vorme ⇔ door ⇔ 門

Traditional characters: 门 ⇔ 門,开 ⇔ 開

tirna ≔ x1 hears x2 against background/noise x3; x2 is audible; (adjective) x1 is aural

音乐 ⇔ music. 听 ⇔ 聽. 音乐 ⇔ 音樂.