Lojban and Chinese, A Word A Day

By Xah Lee. Date:
berti ≔ x1 is to the north/northern side [right-hand-rule pole] of x2 according to frame of reference x3

那里 ⇔ where. 方 ⇔ direction.

djuno ≔ x1 knows fact(s) x2 (du'u) about subject x3 by epistemology x4

Review by listening

mi toe melbi
do catlu ma
xu do tatpi
mi djica le ladru .e le nanba
le djacu ku glare
xu do sutra le citka
mi bartu le do zdani
mi pu catra le danlu
do ponse ma
xu do prami mi
do zvati ma
mi klama le zarci ku zoe zoe le barjra ku
xu ti lanzu do

pu is used before a word to indicate past. For example:

杀 ⇔ kill. 动 ⇔ moving. 物 ⇔ object. 动物 ⇔ animal. 过 ⇔ pass by. 去 ⇔ go. 过去 ⇔ in the past. 了 is often added to sentence to mean past. 去 ⇔ go,了 ⇔ (past),商 ⇔ commerce, 店 ⇔ shop.

the “to'e” can be used to indicate the opposite of something. For example:

ta to'e barda ⇔ that is opposite of big (that is small) ⇔ 那是大的相反 na4shi4 da4de3 xiang1fan3.

opposite ⇔ 相反. For example, “opposite of beautiful is ugly” ⇔ “美丽的相反是醜”.

beautiful ⇔ 美丽mei3li4 or 飘亮piao4liang4. 美丽 ~ esthetic. 飘亮 ~ good looking.

bartu ≔ x1 is on the outside of x2; x1 is exterior to x2

do ⇔ you. “do zdani” ⇔ “your house”. One can also say “zdani pe do”. The “pe” is possesive, like “of” or 的.

面 mian4 ⇔face, surface, side. 外面 ⇔ outside. 房子 ⇔ house. 在 ⇔ at.

zunle ≔ x1 is to the left/left-hand side of x2 which faces/in-frame-of-reference x3