cilre=learn=学 xue2
cilre:=x1 learns x2 (du'u) about subject x3 from source x4 (obj./event) by method x5 (event/process)
mi cilre zo'e la lojban=i learn lojban=我学 lojban.
mi cilre zo'e la lojban la cukta=i learn lojban from a book=我看kan4书su1学 lojban.
Recall that zo'e is blank word, and “la” is placed in front of names.
看=read; look. 书=book. 和=and.
do .e mi cu cilre zo'e la lojban=you and me learn lojban=你和我学lojban
tcadu=city=城市 cheng2 shi4
tcadu:=x1 is a town/city of metropolitan area x2, in political unit x3, serving hinterland/region x4
barda tcadu=big city=大da4城市
cmalu verba tcadu=city of small children=小孩城市
barda verba tcadu=city of big children=大孩城市
barda ke verba tcadu ke'e=big, city of children=大的孩子城市
The ke and ke'e acts like grouping parenthesis.
城≈fortress; building; town. 市≈market place, center of activity, downtown. 孩子=children.
mi pu klama le tcadu=i went to city=我去城市
mi prami le nicte tcadu ku=i love night city=我爱ai4夜ye4城
爱=love. 夜=night.
verba=child=小孩 xiao3 hai2
verba:=x1 is a child/kid/juvenile [a young person] of age x2, immature by standard x3
fetsi verba=girl=女孩 nu3 hai2
cmalu verba=little child=小孩
cmalu fetsi bo verba=little girl=小女孩
bo connects two words together, like a hypen, so that “little girl bo school” means “little girl-school”. See http://lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter5.html
小=small. 女=female. 孩=child.
kalri=open=開kai1
kalri:=x1 (portal/passage/entrance-way) is open/ajar/not shut permitting passage/access to x2 by x3
le vorme ku kalri=the door is open=门开的 men2 kai1 de3
vorme=door=門
Traditional characters: 门=門,开=開
tirna=hear=听ting1
tirna:=x1 hears x2 against background/noise x3; x2 is audible; (adjective:) x1 is aural
mi tirna le zgike=i listen to music=我听音乐wo3 tin1 yin1yue4
音乐=music. 听=聽. 音乐=音樂.
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