Quite an old art that I’m still proud of: Exploring the city! :3

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Who are these four mysterious figures? Will they be the saviors of the Conlands? 💙💛💚❤️

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youtu.be/YiNz3tALmo8?...

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la cnino jbobau poi ca'e nijbo cu co'a se finti le so'i ca'a se jbobau #lojban

If my dad was irl conflicting the words “pine” and “bread” in French, there’s definitely a need for #lojban to reducing the amount of semantic confusion :/

NALVAI status as of Sep 14 2025

It's been 100 days since NALVAI was released, and it has reached 10% of its target.
See the project here: nalvai.github.io
It's time to tidy up the existing entries. So, I'm closing the #lojban WOTD.
Thank you to all the contributors, and please contribute if you find this useful!

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NALVAI entry for {co'o}

NALVAI entry for {co'o} - more usages

#lojban word of the day (Sep 14): co'o
{co'o} expresses the speaker's parting. The next noun identifies the audience.
In other words, "Goodbye!"

- .i ku'i ko cu na cusku *zo co'o*
- I beg you, don't say *"goodbye"*.
(from "Ĉarma Anomali’" translated by la .tirprij.)

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NALVAI entry for {coi}

NALVAI entry for {coi} - more usages

#lojban word of the day (Sep 13): coi
{coi} expresses the speaker's greeting. The next noun identifies the audience.
In other words, "Hello!"

- lu *coi do* xu do tirna .i xu do zvati li'u
- "*Hello.* Anyone out there. Anybody home."
(from "They're Made Out of Meat" translated by la piier)
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NALVAI entry for {ciksi}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 12): ciksi
ciksi - to explain ... (a phenomenon etc.)
ciksi fi - to explain to ... (audience)
ciksi fo - to explain with ... (an explanation)

- .i .ai mi *ciksi* no da
- I will *explain* nothing.
(from "koi do mi na" by Mèremim)

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NALVAI entry for {tirna}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 11): tirna
tirna - to hear ...
tirna fi - to hear something against (noise) ...

- .i mi mu'i ma cu djica lo nu ro da cu tirna
- Why do I want to be heard by everyone?
(from "Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet" translated by la .tirprij.)

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NALVAI entry of {badri}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 10): badri
badri - (a person) to be sad
lo badri - someone sad
lo se badri - a saddening event

- .i ku'i co'a *badri* gi'e se kanla tolkli
- But [I] started *feeling gloomy*, and my vision became blurry;
(from "Route Sphere" translated by la .tirprij.)

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NALVAI entry for {ranji}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 9): ranji
ranji - to continue
lo ranji - a continuing event
lo se tanji - interval of continuity

- .i je ku'i pau le clupa ca ma *mo'u ranji*
- But when will this cycle *cease to continue*?
(from "The Lost One's Weeping" translated by la .tirprij.)

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NALVAI entry for {pencu}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 8): pencu
pencu: to touch
pencu fi: to touch with …
pencu fo: to touch (something) at … (part of x2)

- na curmi le nu do pencu le vi cifnu sei ko'e cusku
- "You're not touching this baby", she said.
(from "Little Things" translated by Jordan DeLong)

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NALVAI entry for {o'a}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 7): o'a
{o'a} means that the speaker feels pride about the event/statement.
{o'a nai} means that the speaker feels shame.

- .o'a mi na jai se fanta lo nabmi
- Ha! I wasn't stopped by the probem.
(from "la mu'e cuxna lo bradi" by la blutolpinxe)

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NALVAI entry for {zi}

NALVAI entry for {zi} - more usages

#lojban word of the day (Sep 6): zi
{zi} is a preposition. It means the event is near the next noun (or "now" if there's none) in time.

- .i je ku'i mi todlanka *ba zi*
- But *soon* I'll be a chrysalis
(from "dansu co toldi" by la janbe, listen to it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B156...)

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NALVAI entry for {zo'oi}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 5): zo'oi
{zo'oi} quotes the next word, whether Lojban or not. The quote ends with a pause (in speech) or a period/space (in writing).

- .i do stidi lo du'u ma valsi la'e zo'oi unlisted
- What word would you suggest for "unlisted"?
(from roljbogu'e chatlog)

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NALVAI entry for {cadzu}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 4): cadzu
cadzu: to walk (on …)
cadzu fi: to walk with (limbs) …
lo cadzu: walker
lo se cadzu: surface walked on
lo te cadzu: limbs for walking

- .i se mu'i bo .e'u ko di'a mo'i ca'u cadzu
- So walk forth once again!
(from "Colorful" translated by la .tirprij.)
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NALVAI entry for {je'i|}

#lojban WOTD (Sep 3): je'i
{je'i} connects two constructions and asks the listener which connective applies.

- .i do co'a jimpe *.i je'i* .ei mi rapli cfari
- Are you beginning to get the picture *or* do I have to start all over?
(from "They're Made Out of Meat" translated by la .piier.)

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NALVAI entry for {pa'o}

#lojban word of the day (Sep 2): pa'o
{pa'o} is a preposition meaning "passing through ..."

- *pa'o le dilnu* ge gusni gi tisna se gau lo nu le cnise'i cu culno da
- *Through the clouds*, a light that fills and makes my heart full
(from "Haruhikage" translated by la .tirprij.)

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NALVAI entry for {vasru}

#lojban WOTD (Sep 1): vasru
vasru: to contain
se vasru: to be contained in

- .i xu ko'a simsa lo uedlei noi le stedu be ke'a cu vasru lo dicygapci besna
- Are they like the weddilei, whose head has an electron plasma brain inside?
(from "They're Made Out of Meat" translated by la .piier.)

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NALVAI entry for {zi'e}

#lojban WOTD (Aug 31): zi'e
{zi'e} joins relative expressions.

- .i ny ponse re je'erma'a poi cikna zi'e noi xamgu se pilno fi lo nu glagau lo cerni sanmi
- He had two volcanoes that were active and convenient for heating his breakfast.
(from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.)

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NALVAI entry for {traji}

NALVAI entry for {traji} - alternate definition

#lojban word of the day (Aug 30): traji
traji - to be the most ...; to be the ...-est
traji fi - to be the most in direction ...
traji fo - to be the most among ...

- .i py. *cmalu traji* fo lo ro mei
- It *was the smallest* of all.
(from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.)
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NALVAI entry for {xendo}

#lojban word of the day (Aug 29): xendo
xendo - to be kind to ...
xendo fi - to be a kind by doing ...

- .i jimpe fe lo du'u do cu traji lo ka *xendo* kei fo lo'i prenu .ia
- I understand that you are *kind*er than all those people.
(from "ODDS&ENDS" translated by la .tirprij.)

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NALVAI entry for {jarco}

#lojban word of the day (Aug 28): jarco
jarco: to show
jarco fi: to show something to …

- .i lo tai lerfu cu na jarco ja sinxa lo se cusku be fo lo papri
- Those letters neither indicate nor prefigure what the pages inside will say.
(from "The Library of Babel" translated by la .xorxes.)

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NALVAI entry for {culno}

#lojban word of the day (Aug 27): culno
culno - to be full of ...
se culno - (of a substance) to fill ... fully

- .i je di'a *culno* lo ka xanka kei ku fa mi
- ..., and once again I'm *filled with* worry.
(from "Ĉarma Anomali’" translated by la .tirprij.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Bb...

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I really need get back to Lojban’s emotional strength modifiers. Although I need to refresh what I knew of Lojban first. I wish I had a book on it in paper…

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NALVAI entry for {darlu}

#lojban word of the day (Aug 26): darlu
darlu - to argue
lo se darlu - argument
lo te darlu - opposing argument

- .i je'u *lo se darlu* cu mapti lo masti karni po'o
- And indeed *that argument* is only fit for the monthly magazines.
(from "The scientific Ape" translated by la .xorxes.)

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NALVAI entry of {janli}

#lojban word of the day (Aug 25): janli
janli - to collide with, to bump into
se janli - to be collided with

- ca ku lo stedu be .abu cu *janli* lo drudi be lo kumfa
- Just at this moment her head *struck against* the roof of the hall.
(from "Alice in Wonderland" translated by la .xorxes.)
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NALVAI entry for {lijda}

#lojban word of the day (Aug 24): lijda
lijda - to be a religion
se lijda - to believe in a religion
te lijda - (doctrine/tenet/belief etc.) to be believed in a religion

- .i mu'a so'i lijda cu jai se cevni noda
- For example, many religions don't have any gods.
(from roljbogu'e chatlog)

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