Yes. | .i go'i |
No. | .i na go'i |
Please. | pe'u do |
Thank you. | ki'e do |
Thank you very much. | ki'ecai do |
That's all right/You're welcome | je'e do |
What's the time? | ma tcika le cabna |
I love you. | mi prami do |
Do you speak ... | .i xu do se bangu ... |
Lojban | la lojban. (In some places you may also hear "le jbobau") |
English | le glibau |
French | le fasybau |
German | le dotybau |
Spanish | le sanbau |
Italian | le banrtalia |
Chinese | le jugbau |
Japanese | le ponbau |
Hindi | le xinbau |
Russian | le rukybau |
Arabic | le rabybau |
I don't speak Lojban | .i mi na se bangu la lojban. |
Where is the phrase in this book? | .i ma jufra gi'e se vanbi le vi cukta |
Just a minute. I'll see if I can find it in this book. | i .e'o ko denpa .i mi troci co tolcri fi le vi cukta |
I understand. | je'e / .i mi jimpe |
I don't understand | je'enai / .i mi na jimpe |
Could you talk more slowly please? | .i .e'o ko skusno zenba |
Do you understand me ? | xu do jimpe fi mi |
I am hungry | mi xagji |
I am thirsty | mi taske |
Where is the bathroom ? | ma stuzi le djacu kumfa |
Where is the toilet ? | ma stuzi tu'a le zu'o kalci/ma stuzi le vimku'a |
big | barda | small | cmalu |
quick | sutra | slow | masno |
early | clira | late | lerci |
cheap | tolkargu | expensive | kargu |
near | jibni | far | darno |
hot | glare | cold | lenku |
full | culno | empty | kunti |
easy | frili | difficult | nandu |
heavy | tilji | light | linto |
open | kalri | shut | ganlo |
right (of a person) | tolsre | wrong | srera |
right (of a fact, etc.) | drani | wrong | toldra |
old | tolni'o | new | cnino |
old | tolci'o | young | citno |
beautiful | melbi | ugly | tolmle |
good | xamgu | bad | xlali |
better | xagmau | worse | xlamau |
a lot | mutce | a little | milxe |
Before reading what follows, please take note that talking about the age of someone in lojban is essentially discussing birth dates.
I am ...-years-old | (bad translation:) .i tu'a mi nanca li ...
(duration of life:) .i mi renvi fi li ... |
I was born in ... (date) | mi jbena fi li ... |
I was born in ... (place) | mi jbena fo ... |
I am ... tall (speaking about your height, unit unspecified) | li ... cu ni mi clani |
I am ... meters tall | mi mitre li ... le ni clani |
I speak english. | mi se bangu le glibau |
I can speak french. | mi ka'e se bangu le fasybau |
I would like to visit ... | mi djica le nu mi vitke fi ... |
I work as ... | mi se jibri ... |
My mother is called ... | zo ... cu cmene le mamta be mi |
Alice is my mother. | la alis mi mamta |
My favorite color is ... | mi zmanei le ka ... (insert color verb) |
I prefer the blue one over the red one. | mi zmanei le blanu le xunre |
What's happening ? | .i mo |
I'm lost | mi djuno noda le se zvati be mi |
I practice sport | mi xadgu'a |
Beware, the following words are verbs. For example, "this is orange" is "ti narju" - no "is" required. The word "cu" (which does not mean "is" but is a predicate marker, like "i" in tok Pisin) may be used before the verb.
xekri | black |
blanu | blue |
bunre | brown |
cicna | cyan |
manku | dark |
kandi | dim |
grusi | grey |
crino | green |
nukni | magenta |
narju | orange |
zirpu | purple |
xunre | red |
labyxu'e | rose |
xunblabi | pink |
blabi | white |
pelxu | yellow |
When are you born ? | .i do jbena fi ma |
What is your size ? | .i ma ni do clani |
Where do you live ? | .i do xabju ma |
What are you doing ? | .i do mo |
Where do you work ? | .i do se briju fi ma |
Can you speak language ... ? | .i xu do ka'e tavla bau ... |
What is your father's name ? | .i ma cmene le patfu be do |
Have you already been to place ... ? | .i xu do pu zvati ... |
How much do you earn ? | .i do jerna li xo |
Where are you going to ? | .i do klama ma |
Where do you come from ? | .i do klama fi ma |
Did you know that ... ? | .i xu do pu djuno fi le du'u ... |
What do you want me to do ? | .i do djica le nu mi mo |
Can you help me ? | pei sidju mi |
Do you find me pretty ? | xu mi do melbi |
Do you live with someone ? | xu do da kansa le ka xabju |
Are you married ? | xu do speni |
Do you have (a) lover(s) ? | xu do prami selpe'o |