But How Well Do You *Really* Know Lojban?

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How Well Do You Really Know Lojban?

Test your knowledge of Lojban with this engaging quiz! Dive into the intricacies of the language and discover how well you understand the complex rules and structures that make Lojban unique.

Featuring 16 carefully crafted questions, you will explore:

  • Basic and advanced Lojban vocabulary
  • Language structures and grammatical rules
  • Experimental cmavo and gismu
16 Questions4 MinutesCreated by ThinkingWord321
Let's start with an easy one. What does {zo bu} mean?
"the {zo} letter"
"the word {bu}"
Doesn't parse
That was easy, wasn't it? Well then. What about {le'u bu}?
"the {le'u} letter"
Doesn't parse
In the old days of CLL lojban, way before {ra'oi} was a thing, people would sometimes quote rafsi with {zo}, but this didn't always work because of CCV rafsi. ...And only those?
Yes, only those
No, also some others
Oh joy, the madness of pre-Dotside. If I said {coislair} in pre-Dotside, what would be the modern lojban equivalent?
Coi .s. lai .r.
Coi .slair.
.coislair.
.cois. lai .r.
The only thing worse than pre-Dotside? The dreaded... S l a k a - b u. According to CLL, which of these is FALSE about the infamous "comma"?
The comma never forms minimal pairs.
Care must be taken to pronounce the comma differently than the apostrophe.
A comma is not the only way to make a syllable begin with a (pure, not semi) vowel.
Commas are not necessary to make consonants syllabic.
Okay, that was ridiculously picky. Let's go back to slightly more normal lojban. How to say "both this and that" in zantufa? (Multiple options may be correct.)
Ge ti gi ta
Je gi ti gi ta
Gi je ti gi ta
Ga je ti gi ta
More zantufa goodness! What does {mi na djica lo nu mi badri .iki'ubo mi gleki} mean?
"It is false that: 'I want to be sad because I'm happy.'
"I don't want to be sad. That's because I'm happy."
"I don't want to 'be sad because I'm happy.'"
Let's say you wanted to say {mi sipna zo'e}, but slipped and said {mi sipna zoi} instead. How do you use {si} to correct yourself? (Multiple options may be correct.)
Mi sipna zoi si zo'e
Mi sipna zoi si si zo'e
Mi sipna zoi si si si zo'e
Mi sipna zoi .beb. .oisaise'i .beb. Si si si si zo'e
Mi sipna zoi .beb. .oisaise'i .beb. Si zo'e
{.i .abu .i by .i cy .i ri xi ni'umu .i ri xi ci .i ri xi re .i ri xi xa .i ri xi mu .i ri xi vo .i ri xi rau .i ri xi ze goi ko'a}. What is ko'a?
.abu
By
Cy
Not enough information
Time for good old bloated gismu! What is {lo ve melbi be fo ko'a}?
Conditions under which ko'a is beautiful
Aspect in which ko'a is beautiful
Standard by which ko'a is beautiful
Melbi4 doesn't exist
What about this, which of these exist?
Lo te tirxu
Lo te finpe
Lo te cinfo
Lo te lanme
Which one of these is *not* an "experimental cmavo"?
Bi'a
Bo'a
Zi'a
Zo'a
What is {juzma'i}?
November
December
Undecimber
Duodecimber
Na'i .i ra'oi -juz- rafsi no da
Here's one from CLL! .i pa da drani danfu sei ko sruma .i ma go'i?
Di'e
Di'u
Dei
Ri
Do'i
Which one of these means: x1 is the means of transport, x2 the route, x3 the origin and x4 the destination of goer x5?
Se te ve xe klama
Se ve se xe klama
Xe ve te se klama
Se ve se te xe te klama
Final question! Does there exist an official *gismu* (du doesn't count) with more than five places?
Yes
No
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