cmavo 26-51

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pu	poo	default past tense	You never notice poo, until AFTER you stepped in it
ca	"sha" - shock	default present tense	give a present to someone so that when they open it, it electrically shocks them. They'll be tense opening every present!
ba	bot	default future tense	Bots are the future
bu'u	boo-hoo	at the same place as	Picturing a little girl crying because the little boy won't let her sit in her seat. He's at the same place that she usually sits.
ri'u	reek-who	to the right of	Use "Right Guard" deodorant for the person to the right who reeks
zu'a	zoo-ha	to the left of	Laughing hyena in a cage is "left" behind in the Hurricane (Katrina).
li	Leak	the number...	Taking a leak is "going number 1"
lu	Lu (British Bathroom)	start quotation	famous quote on the wall of the british bathroom
li'u	leak-who	end quotation	Who took a leak probably wrote that quote on the bathroom wall that just ended
na	naaah	The following is not true
zo'e	zone-hen	the obvious/unspecified thing	Postal zone / your hen house's postal code is obviously the same as yours. No need to specify it.
fa	A watch fob	tag 1st sumti place	First place I look for the time is on my fob (not my wrist)
fe	Feb - cold snowy month	tag 2nd sumti place	Second month is Feb
fi	Animal Feed	tag 3rd sumti place	Grab the third bag of feed, and feed the pigs
fo	Foe	tag 4th sumti place	Star Wars IV is the first movie where we got to meet the foe, darth vader.
fu	Kung Fu	tag 5th sumti place	Karate-chop a board with five fingers out, my hand showing five fingers
.i	dot-Eeek	sentence separator	dot ends last sentence. Eek, I don't know what to say (and a mouse ran by)
ni'o	Knee-Ho	paragraph separator	This paid woman is really into knees. It takes a whole paragraph to explain about her childhood and why this came about.
fa'o	Fob-Ho	end of utterance	No hoes are into fobs anymore. They're old news, we're done talking about it.
ri	Reek	the previous sumti	Bad smell floating around from that last THING (sumti) you said. Your breath.
ko	Code	imperative you	Code for "You, Do it". The secret agent (007) gets his imperative instructions in code.
ko'a	Code-Ha	it/he/she/they (specific value)	Laughter in code refers to the person that 007 is going to kill.
di'u	deed-who	the last sentence	The last sentence on the deed says who the contract is between. Deed-who refers to the last sentence
go'i	go-he	that's correct	He's going to go with it. You agree with what he said, now go.
na go'i	naaah go-he	that's false	Naa he can't go, on that last comment. We need to straighten him out first.

gismu 201-250

These are memory cues for lojban gismu 201-250 (sorted by some ancient frequency order). You can quiz yourself on these at this Quizlet link.

cfari	Chef-far-read - looking at a distant recipe book, chef hat, in kitchen, squinting.	initiate	Starter pistol	Chef, struggling to read a recipe from a distance, pulls out a gun, fires it, and gets trampled by a bunch of runners. He inadvertantly started a race.
xagji	Hag-Jeans	hunger	Beggar, soup line, depression-era.	The beggars in the soup line are all hags. But their jeans look great. They start swapping jeans.
kurji	Courage-Jeans	take care of	Taking care of elderly - nursing home.	Picture tending to the elderly (pushing a wheelchair), and a fire breaks out. Courageously, I rip my jeans off and put the fire out with my jeans.
nicte	Niche-Tech (pronounced Neesh-Tech). This is technology (a computer) that serves a very small (niche) market.	night	Midnight, moon.	I look up at the moon, and pull out my glowin-the-dark niche-tech device.
kucli	Cushion-Leaf	curious	Curious George Monkey.	Curious George looks under a cushion, and millions of leaves pour out and hit him in the face.
nanba	Nan-Bat (Nana/Grandma or Nanny)	bread	Loaf of bread.	Open the plastic wrap on the bread, and Nana comes out and starts smacking me with a baseball bat.
ciksi	Shiek-See. A Shiek with giant glasses on/	explain	Explaining a complex homework problem to someone.	Explaining the problem to the shiek with funny glasses. I can't help but laugh every time I look him in the eye.
zenba	Zen-Bat (Buddha swinging a baseball bat)	increase	Increase the price at a Gas station (large, tall sign, adjusted with a pole) - gas prices only seem to increase.	Buddha is sitting cross legged at the top of the sign., bashing it with a bat.
sanga	Sang-A-Song	sing	famous female vocalist - Madonna.	Too easy. Picture a famous singer (whoever pops in my head) refusing to sing when the accompaniment starts, because she Sang a Song earlier. Fighting ensues.
masno	Mass-No. People running out of Mass, shouting "Noooo!"	slow	Turtle moving very slowly across the road.	Car crushes turtle, and people come running out of the nearby church (Mass) screaming "Nooooo!"
natmi	Gnat-meal. A dinner place-setting /meal with gnats flying all over it.	nation	Map of the USA	I'm sitting in the center of the USA map. Gnats are flying all around me, and I gather them and put them on my plate for a meal.
nanca	Nan-Shack. My grandma and a shack. (The Love Shack!)	year	Wall "pin-up" calendar - 12 images.	Nana posing 12 times in front of the love shack.
xajmi	Hodge-Me, talking about college and the lake house. (personal)	funny	A stand-up comic - Seinfeld or Leno.	Leno pulling me and Hodge up onto stage. We each tell jokes. I'm nervous. We laugh histerically.
xebni	Heb-Knee - a Hebrew knee (important to pronounce it Heb, not Heeb). Hebrew slave's knee. (Movie, 10 commandments)	hate	Hating somone so much that you whip them and torture them. It's a hate crime.	With a whip lash, the slave falls on his knees. He is tortured more
fanmo	Fan-Mode, fan-motor	end	The last page of a book.	When reaching the last page, a fan is in the book, and it's on "high", blowing papers and my face. I quickly set the "fan motor's mode" down to low.
datni	Sadat-Knee (Anwar Sadat). Sadat is forced to his knees, as the assassins shoot him thousands of times.	data	Printouts - pages of computer printed data.	Picture Sadat pouring over the printouts, when the parade comes by that had the assassins in it.
mentu	Men-Two. Two men, specifically of the Village People - construction worker and cowboy.	minute	Egg timer - minute sand -glass	These men are fighting over a small "hourglass" (minute timer) as they sing. Sand flows everywhere.
klesi	Kill Less See. A gunfight, where the gunman aims for people's eyes, so they "less see" when they are killed.	class	Classroom (although class in this case means classification).	A brutal scene in a classroom, where gunmen open fire at students, aiming for their eyes.
tugni	Tug-Knee. This is a tug-boat that hits me in the knee.	agree	Shaking hands in agreement. Agreeing to the price on a new vehicle.	After agreeing on a price for the new vehicle with the car salesman, the Tug Boat is brought in. Hits me in the knee, shattering my leg to pieces.
temci	Tempt- She. I am tempted by a female.	time	I keep staring at the clock, waiting for the hour to be up.	Each time I stare at the clock, it transforms into a tempting-she.
selfu	Sell-Food	serve	I think of a waiter.	Might be too easy. Think of the waiter actively "selling" the food. Like an active salesman or an auctioneer.
tcati	Chatty. I think of a certain personal friend who is very chatty, who won't stop talking.	tea	I think of hot tea / cup and saucer.	The only way I can get my chatty friend to shut up is to pour my hot tea on her.
gerna	Gurney-Naaah	grammar	A grammar-school marm, doing "sentence diagrams" on the board.	Medics barge into the classroom and throw the school marm onto the guerney. Will she be ok? "naaah".
vasru	Vase-Room (pronounce vase with an "ah" sound). This is a room full of vases.	contain	I think of a container. Specifically, the box from "Dick in a box" on Saturday Night Live skit.	I open the box, and see thousands of vases. In fact, it's an entire vase room.
cikna	Shiek-Naaah.	awake	I try to awaken my son in the morning.	I go to my son's room to awaken him, and a Shiek won't let me in. He stops me at the door, saying "naaah".
dirba	Deer-Bat. Bambi is smashing things with a baseball bat.	dear	I think of a Dear John Letter.	I am furious to receive a Dear John Letter from my lover who happens to be a Deer (Bambi), so I hit her with a bat!
notci	Note-She	message	message in a bottle.	It's a love note from that special woman!
steci	Steady-She. This is my steady girlfriend in high school, she wears my ring.	specific	A survey asks you to "Be Specific".	The survey asks you to recall something. I think back to my youth, and my steady-she. She was specific to me.
sruri	Sir Roo Read. Roo is a character in Winnie-the-Pooh books (a baby kangaroo).	surround	Indians surround Custer.	As the Indians are attacking, Custer pulls out a book, and shows the Indians Roo, the kangaroo, and says "Sir Roo, read!" (and Roo is reading in the book).
mlana	Mill Anna. An old-fashioned river-powered mill, where Anna Kournakova lives.	side	Side of a barn. I think of actually standing in front of it, and walking around to the side.	I walk around and see Anna playing tennis there, by the side of the barn, near the river, as the mill works away.
carvi	Shard-Vee. A V-formation of geese is dropping shards of sharp glass on people.	rain	Puddles, with raindrops hitting their surface.	I step out into the puddle, and step on a sharp shard of glass. Tons are falling from the sky. I look up to see the V-formation, and the geese are laughing. Or the glass rains down from the V.
darxi	Dark-He. This is a famous dark-skinned man. Obama, for me.	hit	I hit something with a bat.	Imagining meeting the president for the first time, and hitting him with a bat.
raktu	Rack Two. This is a billiard table with two racks of balls on it.	trouble	The board game "Trouble", which was a favorite as a kid.	The visualization is that the Trouble board is in the middle of a billiard table, and as I am trying to play Trouble, Billiard players are striking pool balls around me, interupting my game.
cpana	Ship-Anna. I think of a ship up on a shelf. We have a ship on a shelf in our house. And Anna Kournakova is up there too.	upon	I think of a high shelf to put stuff upon.	The ship is on the high shelf.
minde	Mean-deck	command	I think of a captain issuing a command to a subordinate on a ship deck.	The captain is commanding the subordinate to fix the "mean deck", and the subordinate "tickles" the deck to get the deck to laugh.
srera	Sir-Error. (also see the word Eraser transformed into srEra) Sir Error is a knight who makes a lot of mistakes (in writing), and erases a lot.	err	A written mistake that requires erasing.
cpedu	Ship-Ped-dew (or if you prefer, ship.edu - a domain name for a sailor's university). Even Jepetto from Pinnochio could work, although it's a stretch.	request	A written request or application - a school application.	I request admission to sailor school (ship.edu). I find out that I am going to have to pedal the ship, working up a sweat. (Ship-ped-dew)
vlipa	Flea-pa (helps to think of the fleas in a V pattern)	powerful	I think of a king or a general or a person in power	The general is to match in battle to the mighty father Flea, who commands his army and destroys the powerful general's army.
fatci	Fat She - I think of a particular fat woman I know	fact	A well known fact, something that kids learn early. I use "1+1=2" and picture teaching a child that fact.	I use examples to teach the child the fact. One apple plus one apple. One pie plus one pie. Then the Fat-She comes and eats it all, and becomes fatter.
vreta	Loretta (someone you know, or a famous person)	reclining	A recliner chair.	Loretta is reclining in the chair.
jinto	Jean-Toe	well	A wishing well.	Picture Jean (maybe some famous Jean) stubbing her toe on the well. She has pain, and water comes shooting out like an oil well.
cladu	Shell Adieu. A frenchman (wearing a baret?) with a Shell up to his ear. He hears something and says "adieu"	loud	A loud piercing airhorn noise.	The frenchman listens to the shell, and is shocked when an airhorn sound comes out of the shell, and he screams "Adieu!"
klaku	Clock-Coo-Coo	weep	A weeping widow, over her husband's body, as he breathes his last breath.	The coo-coo clock goes off, just as the old man dies, and the widow weeps (tears flood the room, a foot deep)
zifre	Zzz- Friend. I think of my close friend, sleeping.	free	I think of Paul Revere (Patriots) riding through the streets of New England (fighting for freedom).	Paul Revere, stopping at my Z-friend's house wakes him from a deep sleep "The British are coming" We'll soon be free, Friend!
xanri	Hand-Read - Picture a palm reader.	imaginary	I think of ghosts.	Paml reader is helping me get in contact with Ghosts.
danfu	Dan-Food. Some famous Dan (Aykroyd?) pigging out on food.	answer	I think of answering the phone.	I answer the phone, and can't figure out who's on the other end of the line. It's Aykroyd, and he's stuffing his face with food. I can "see" him with the mess all over him.
rivbi	Reeves- Bee (Superman was George Reeves / Christopher Reeve). Superman is attacked by a bee.	avoid	Swerve to avoid something, while driving.	What was in the road that I almost hit? It was Superman, swatting at a bee. The bee wins.
spaji	Spa-Jean	surprise	Surprise party - people are jumping out at me and yelling.	After they yell "Surprise!", the crowd clears away from a spa (hot tub). I get in, ruining my new Jeans (fading them from the chlorine). The whole time I am in the spa, people keep jumping out, yelling "Surprise!"
cange	Shawn- Get. A famous Shawn (Shawn Hannity). Yelling "Shawn, Get" (as kids, we'd yell that, to mean "get moving!" or "Go!")	farm	Traditional Farm house with a barn and pigs and chickens.	Out at the farm, the cattle got loose, and I yell at Shawn Hannity. "Shawn Get!"
citno	Sheet-No!	young	Finding out that the girl is under-age.	The police come and arrest you for being with an under aged girl, and you tell "Sheet No!" (or "No, we never hit the sheets!")

gismu 151-200

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gismu 101-150

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gismu 51-100

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25 cmavo

These memory cues correspond to 25 cmavo which can be found in Quizlet here.


If you can visualize the cue, you should be able to easily get 100% on the quizlet. Simply read through my cues, and visualize an image in your brain that locks it in.

Note, I use "h" for apostrophe a lot, and I use phonetic lojban pronunciations to generate my cues.

doi	doyley	identified intended listener	fly a doiley at the person I'm talking to, like a frisbee
coi	shhh-oil	greetings	hi everyone, Shh, we struck oil!
be'e	bed-head	request to send/speak	hey bed-head, we need to talk (about your hair)
je'e	jet head (a pilot)	Roger/you're welcome	The pilot acknowledges the course.
je'enai	jet head naïve (a naïve pilot)	I didn't hear you	The pilot is clueless, didn't hear the command
co'o	show-ho	good-bye	Show the ho to the doo(r) . Say goodbye to the ho.
re'i	wreck-he	ready to receive (I'm listening)	take a man, wreck into him with a car. Just trying to tell him that you're ready to listen now.
ma	ma	sumti question	Who is my ma? What is my ma? Where is my ma? A confused child wonders.
la	lava	the one(s) called ...	Get the *names* of the dead people covered in lava.
le	led	the one(s) described as ...	I'm beign led by someone - the one described as the leader.
lo	load	the one(s) that really is(are) ...	If you see someone that looks innocent, but really is an alien, load your gun and shoot.
mi	me	i/me	Remember "me has eyes" ({mi} has an "i")
do	doe	you	You are a deer.
mi'e	me-hen	self-introduction (I'm ...)	I'm a hen named _____.
pe'u	pen-who	please	Write who, with a pen, you are saying Please to. Who are you begging?
ki'e	key-hen	thank-you	Thanks! Here's a key to the hen-house for your trouble.
u'u	oooh who - oops who	repentence/I'm sorry	made a mistake "oops"; sorry to "who" I offended.
ta'a	tap ha , tap-hat	excuse me (interruption)	tap someone on the shoulder with your hat, to interrupt them.
xu	shoe	Is it true that...?	The Shoe is on the stand, swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
pu'e	poo hen	in manner (X) (by process)	The process I used was to pull it out of the hen's ass.
ti	tea	this thing	This here tea cup.
ta	ta-ta's	that thing	Your ta-tas.
tu	two	yonder thing	Those two things (moons?) on the horizon.
loi	loyal	the mass of individual(s) that is(are)	My loyal subjects are all one massive group of indivuals.
lai	lava eat	the mass of individual(s) named ...	Tha lava eaters have names!

First 50 gismu (by popularity)

I'm learning Lojban, and using memory techniques to quickly learn the vocabulary. I learned 250 words over the weekend. Since people were interested in the techniques I used, I thought I'd post them.

I'm not trying to tell you that these are the only way to learn, or even the best way to learn. I'm just telling you that this is a technique that I used. Take it or leave it.

In order for this to work, you have to read the instructions! First, the objective of this blog post is to help you to quickly cram 50 English gloss words, and 50 Lojban words into your head. It is NOT a substitute for practice. It's just to get you over that initial "hump" of memorization.

Second, I use some images that are gross, sexual, offensive, and even personal. I've found that the more vivid the image is, the more likely you are to remember it. And vividness means tapping emotion and senses. It often means adding action or motion or destruction to the image. If the image isn't working, try blowing something up! Have it explode and make a mess. That often helps.

Third, YOUR visualizations will be better than borrowing my visualizations. If something comes to mind when you see the word "express" (and it comes to mind every time), by all means, use it. For me, "express" is a pretty abstract concept, but "Polar Express" is absolutely visual in my mind's eye. I've read the book to my children, and I have seen the Tom Hanks movie. So for Express, I think of a snowy train! But I know in this context it means something else.

Fourth, the idea is to link gloss words together. Obviously cusku does not mean "snowy train", but it is associated with the gloss word "express". Don't expect this system to be perfect. Recognize that the purpose is just to get you to be able to get 100% correct on a flashcard test. Then you can improve your times, and the images will go away, and you'll just "know" the words, without the intermediate step of all this visualization.

Fifth, I tried to use phonetic Lojban, not visual lojban. That means in order to use this list effectively, you need to know the sounds of the letters. It's tempting to take a word like "carmi" and think of a car. But I tried to use the sounds, so for "carmi", I'd use "Shar - Me" (or "Charlene - Me", since I call my good friend Charlene "Char", pronounced "Shar").

Last, the Lojban often does not work out to be easy words in English, and so they take some creativity. "djika" is "Did Yee Call", for example, with "djika" representing the middle part of that phrase (di D-YEE-CA ll). It's not perfect, but often you'll find that the "exceptions" are more memorable than the obvious ones. For example, "liste" for "list" is a challenge for me because it's almost too easy. I'd mistakenly guess the final vowel, until I pictured that hot Tea spilling on my precious list.

Feel free to leave comments. Especially if I have mistakes, or you have better suggestions!


The way this works is that the Lojban word comes first, and then a brief description of what picture pops in my head when I see that word. Then the English word. Then a description of the picture that pops in my head when I see the English. Finally, I link those two images together. The objective (which is not perfectly achieved) is to be able to go English to Lojban or Lojban to English relatively quickly.

This is no substitute for practice. To use this list, cover up my visualization. Don't use my visualization. Try to come up with your own visualization. Look at the word, and try to visualize it yourself. (The visualization should be the first PICTURE that consistently pops in your head when you hear that word. For instance, what PICTURE do YOU think of when you visualize "use"? You'll see later what I picture, but what do YOU picture?? Or what do you picture in your "mind's eye" when you see or hear the word "pilno" (assuming that you don't know what the word means, use the phonetics, and come up with a picture of PIL NO. What would that be?

Once you have a visualization of the Lojban word, create a visualization of the English word. Then link the two visualizations together in a silly or action filled or sensual way. Exaggeration is good. Motion is good. Sex is real good.

Once you have run through the list, and cemented the images in your head, test yourself with Quizlet. Click here to access the Quizlet flash cards for the first 50 gismu (by one frequency count).



Have fun, and let me know what you think! I'll post the complete list in Excel once I am done. Trust me, it took me A LOT longer to type this list than to commit it to memory!

cusku	Shoe-School. Traditional school house with shoes marching in to class	express	Polar Express (kids book/movie) - long train going through the snow	Train smashes through school, scattering shoes everywhere
mutce	Mute-Shed. You are forcibly gagged (tape over mouth) and tied to a shed door, strugling to shout for help.	much	An abundance of something - I used mud (much mud)	Police come to help, untie you from the shed, and unexpectedly push your face into much-mud, and pour much-mud over you.
zvati	Zzz-Vat-Tea. I can picture myself laying (sleeping, zzz-ing) on an inflatable raft in a giant vat of boiling substance. I am sipping a tea (a cup and saucer, not an iced tea)	at	The place where I am at; my city.	I picked a landmark in my city, and imagine a large vat in that spot, and floating in that vat, z'ing and sipping my hot tea. I'm more concerned abou the tea than the vat of boiling liquid.
gunka	Gun-Cap. A thousand people wearing hunters caps and carrying cap guns	work	My place of business.	Open my office door and 1000 hunters fire cap guns at me.
tavla	tavern-lava. Local bar has lava spewing out of bottles like a volcano	talk	A heavy talker that you know who won't shut up	The talker is at the bar, won't shut up, and lava is spewing out, but you can't interrupt him/her
klama	Kill-Llama. A violent act of slaughtering the animal, stabbing it thousands of times.	come	A particular old friend or lover is approaching you from a distance. You're excited to see her.	Old friend approaches, seeing you slaughtering the animal and you feel ashamed (feel it!)
nelci	Nell-She. Actress Nell Carter, visibly a "she" - female (naked). Of if you prefer, singer Nelly as a female.	fond	I tilt my head, star-eyed, infatuated, as I am fond of something.	I get a boyhood crush on naked Nell Carter.
djica	"Did yee call?". I run into an old amish house, and yell to the owner, "Did Yee Call?"	desire	The feeling of seeing a beautiful new 2010 Jeep, and wanting it so bad. (Or whatever you want.)	At the "Annual Amish Raffle", they are giving away a new 2010 Jeep to whomever they call, if you come and claim it. You rush in to claim it.
djuno	"Did you know?" Shouting this right into my son's face.	know	A fact that I know intrinsically - the Earth is Round.	Reviewing my son's test papers, I can see got the simplest question wrong ("is the earth round?"), and yelling at him.. "did you know????"
pilno	Pill-No. Offer someone a pill, and they say no.	use	What do people use? Drugs. A strung-out drug user sitting on the street, with needles all around him.	I see a drug user, and I offer him pills. He emphatically says NO to pills, grabs them, crams them into a hypodermic needle and injects the pills.
cliva	"She leave-a". I ask the old, fat Pizzaria owner where the cute waitress went. He says "she leave-a" in an italian accent.	leave	I'm so upset at the service in a restaurant that get up and leave, storming out, loudly, without paying the bill.	Setting: pizzaria. Being served by the old fat owner, instead of the cute waitress. She-leave-a, and so do I!
prenu	Preg. New. Picture someone close to you (your mother? Better yet, your father) with a pregnant big belly.	person	A person that is close to you. I think of my father.	I picture my father carrying (in his belly) a new person - he's pregnant with a new person.
jimpe	chimp-pen/jump-pen. I think of a chimpanzee jumping around it's pen/cage and making a ruckus.	understand	I'm trying to explain a simple concept to someone, shouting "do you understand?" I picture pointing to my temple as I am shouting it.	The "person" I am trying to explain to is a chimp. He's jumping all around his cage, and climbing all over me (I'm in the pen), and pulling my hand away from my temple.
cmene	"-ish-men-net" I picture a "man catcher" walking around with a giant net, catching all men with the last name that ends with -ish (-ich, -itch, etc). See movie "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" for evil man catcher with net.	name	Think of long, unpronouncable names. You are introduced to a group of people named "Stanovitch Kaminocopivitch" and the like; ridiculous names that you'd never remember.) You shake each person's hand.	As you are meeting these people, the "ish-men-net" people-catcher comes running in, capturing 3 people at a time ("men", not "man"). Pain, screaming, fighting, etc.
viska	V-scatter. Think of a V-pattern of birds or ducks flying through the air. One gunshot and they scatter.	see	You see something on the horizon, flying toward you. You can't make it out. It's coming closer. You are anxious, not sure if it's something good, or something bad.	You see the V-formation, coming closer. You pull out your rifle and shoot at it. One duck falls to the ground (it was Donald Duck!) and the others scatter
pensi	Pen-see. (also Pensive / Penis). I think of a shrink setting down a pen, and it makes a big spot, and he says "what do you see?". I see a penis.	think	I'm thinking so hard, my head explodes.	I'm thinking so hard, my head explodes, with ink spewing out of it. Some lands on my pants near my penis, and the doctor asks me "what do you see?"
drata	"Drat a". I tend to say "drat" as a substitute for a cuss word, especially in front of kids. So I might say "Drat. A mistake!"	other	I know twin 10 year olds. I know their names, but I often call one name, when I mean the "other".	Call the twins by name, getting them wrong, and then say "Drat a mistake". Then both kids laugh and make fun of me.
catlu	"shat lu". I think of the past tense of the word "shit" and "lu" as a british toilet.	look	I run around and tell people "Look! Look at what I did!"	I picture shitting in a posh British establishment (Queen's castle?)…not in the toilet, but ALL Over the sink, floor, etc., and running out and telling everyone "Look! Look what I did!"
xamgu	Ham-Goo. The greasy goo that surrounds a canned ham.	good	I'm rubbing my belly after eating something delicious, and saying "Mmmm gooooood!".	I'm sitting back after eating something, and rubbing my belly, saying "mmmm good!". My face and hands are dripping with greasy Ham Goo from the canned ham. This is really gross to me.
cmalu	Shhh Mall Lu. I walk in to a British Mall's "lu" (bathroom), and there's a lot of chatter of people with british accents. I can't pee until I yell "SHhhhh!"	small	I picture small people. Not "little people" in the traditional sense, but friends and co-workers, all one foot tall.	I'm walking in a shopping mall, with my very small friends. I have to pee. I go into the "lu" which is very noisy. I'm frustrated because I can't pee… so I finally yell "Shhhhhh!"
citka	Shit-Call. (really more like Sheet-Call) I am trying to call on the phone, but my mouth is full of sheets of feces. But I continue to call, tasting the foulness and texture.	eat	Facny restaurant, I am eating.	Surprise! I am eating shit, and trying to make a call. I swallow so I can talk on the call.
zdani	Zzz Donny. Sleeping Donny Osmond (in his 70's dance outfit). He's in a dentist's chair, and I also picture a dentist standing there, saying "say ahh" (so I don't forget it's an "a" in "Dani's" name).	nest	I picture a bird's nest. It's high in a tree. It falls out of the tree, and where does it land?	The nest falls from a tree and lands in the open mouth of sleeping Donny Osmond. He gags, coughs, gets up and starts singing "I'm a little bit country, I'm a little bit rock and roll"
tsali	It's Sally. I have a friend named Sally. She's not very strong. This could be any famous Sally (Sally Field). You shout out "it's sally!"	strong	A very strong person lifts a heavy common object. I picture a strong person lifting a car over their head, and throwing it. (Maybe a kid is trapped under the car.)	I rush over to help, and to see who lifted and threw the car. Who is it? "It's Sally!"
skami	It's Commie (Communist). Something is wrong… you are not sure what. When you finally figure out that it's a communist plot against you, you shout out "It's Commie!"	computer	I am typing on my keyboard, and some goop from the keys is sticky and gross and scummy, and Red, sticking to my fingers.	I am grossed out working at my computer. Ewww.. What it the sticky stuff? Who put it there? "It's Commie!"
valsi	Vowel-See. You see two letters, one is a vowel, and the other is the letter "c" (pronounced {"si"}).	word	Looking at a printed page, I see a collection of letters that make up a word. I can't make them out. It's hazy. I try to read the word. It finally comes into focus. It's a four letter word. The middle two letters become clear.	The 4-letter word finally comes into focus - the middle first. The middle two letters that come into focus…. It's a vowel, and a "C" (pronounced{"si"}). It's -uc-.
jundi	Shun-Deep. A scuba diver is refusing to jump in the water, cuz it's too deep.	attentive	The most attentitive thing I can imagine is a row of Marine Privates standing at attention listening to their sergeant bark at them.	The Marines are on a ship, at attention, and Sarge is screaming at them. He screams so loud that one of the marines falls overboard. They order a scuba diver to jump in to save him, and he refuses - shunning the deep water.
drani	I see this, and immediately see "drain". But you could use hydra-knee if you prefer	correct	I have to choose between two items… which is correct?	I have physical pain, because I have to pee so badly. But there are two drains to pee into. One will shock me. Which is correct? Better choose the correct one!
lojbo	Loge-Boat. Loge seats in a theater or at a ballpark, but each seat is in a canoe.	Lojbanic	I picture the #lojban IRC room, but it could be people speaking gibberish and screwing in "broken-light" bulbs (based on the old lojban joke).
tcidu	"Itchy-dew". I think of dew as a person's sweat (particularly a woman's natural genital lubrication). You may choose to think of an itchy-hair-do (dandruff), although an itchy dewey pussy is more fun to think about for me.	read	I picture a baby-sitter/daycare worker reading Dr. Suess (or some kids book) to a young child. The kid is enthralled, as the animated baby-sitter reads the book with all its ryhmes and kids language.	The whole time the hot baby-sitter is reading the book, I'm undressing her with my eyes. She catches me, and wiggles in her seat a bit, as she feels a twinge of sexual excitement. Then she starts scratching her "itchy dew" violently.
troci	'Tro-She. Metro-She. I picture a male "metro-sexual". Perhaps somebody who is trying hard to stand out, socially and sexually.	try	I think of something that I try, but can't get right. I can't ever picture myself succeeding at wearing women's makeup, but I try, and remove it, and try again, and again.	I try and try again to be a Metro-she, but can't get it right. This evokes strong emotions of failure.
xabju	'Hab-Jew. I walk up to a re-hab house, an old beat-up house that is being fixed up, and who walks out? Moses.	dwell	I picture a house that's lived in. I knock on the door to see who lives there.	I always picture motion. Knocking on the door. Maybe Moses coming out and throwing the ten commandments down, smashing them to pieces.
xruti	Hi Root Team. "Rudy", a football movie reminds me of this, I want to say hi and root for my team (that Rudy was on - Notre Dame)	return	I think of returning to a store, to return an item. In this case, I remember that it's a video store, and I am returning a DVD.	The movie I rented is "Rudy". I'm returning it. A football game is on in the store, and the clerk is babbling. I finally say "Hi, Root Team!" to the clerk.
bacru	Bash-room. I picture running around a room with a baseball bat, bashing vases and walls.	utter	My teen son mumbles. I have no idea what he is uttering, but it drives me nuts. Something about milking a cow's udders.. Who knows what he's talking about… I can't understand him!	I go nuts because I can't understand my son! "If you mumble again, I am going to bash this room!" Then I proceed to bash every item in the room.
ponse	Pond-Set. This is a set of seven ponds in the back yard of my mythical home that I own.	possess	I think of my possessions. My belongings, my house, my yard. My seven ponds.	I own seven ponds. In my fantasy world.
sipna	Seep-nah. I'm looking at my wife who has fluid seeping from her ears, and flooding the room. I'm panicked, and try to alert her. "Aren't you scared?" She says "naaaah". (not an emphatic "no", but a nonchalant "naaah".)	sleep	I picture my wife sleeping. She's the person I am most familiar watching sleep. I can picture her position, her breathing, etc.	My wife is sleeping, and her ears are seeping fluid. It's even occasionally spraying (action!), but mostly just seeping. She awakes and says "naaah."
cevni	Chev'-Knee. I think of the classic late 50's Chevvy cars, with a lot of horse power and lots of knee space. But I slam it into a building and my knees crunch against the dashboard, shattering my knees. I can imagine the pain!	god	I picture an old traditional church (house of God), and people walking in on Sunday morning. I rev my engine, and crash through the crowd, smashing my car into the church building.	Don't forget to picture the knees smashing, and people yelling "Oh God!" as your Chevy smashes through the crowd and into the building. And as your knees shatter, you tell "Oh God!" too!
zbasu	zzz Bass-ewww. I picture a gross Sea Bass, Sleeping (z-ing), in my bed. It smells like bad fish, and is gross. But I have to climb in bed with it.	make	The one thing I make every day is my bed. Or I should. As I make my bed, I discover the smelly sea bass.	The Sea Bass (or Z-Bass, because it was sleeping) rises up and smacks me in my face. I can taste it's scaley sliming grossness. Ewww. Better Make the bed faster next time. (or, if you're so inclined, feel free to "make it" with the fish.)
tirna	Tear-Naah. (Tear, meaning water coming from my eye). I am crying profusely (spurting tears!). Tears are streaming out. Mom asks if I am hurt. At first I can't hear her. I say "naaaah." My eyes are just leaking.	hear	Someone is asking me something, and I am struggling to hear them. I can't quite make it out. It's Mom. She is asking me if I am hurt. Now I see why she is asking me. Because my tears are spraying all over the place. "naaah I'm fine."	I make sure to differentiate between the "naaah" and an emphatic "no". The tears need to create a visual image. Perhaps you squirted Mom with your tears.
dukse	Duke-Set. I think of the old movie "Trading Places" where Dan Akroyd is strangling Eddie Murphy, and Murphy is struggling to say "It was the Dukes, it was the Dukes". Dukes were a set of brothers.	excess	People having excess money - the Dukes in Trading Places. Had an excess, and lost it all.	Ya had to be there.
ciska	"She's Coming" - I picture cheating on a test, writing furiously, copying the paper of my classmate. He alerts me that the teacher is coming.	write	I am writing. At a desk. In school. Writing furiously on the test, trying to write as much as possible before the female teacher grabs the paper.	You need to visualize the rush and excitement and threat of potentially getting caught cheating, as you are writing furiously. Or the challenge of writing as much as you can before the paper is snatched. Need emotion.
lisri	Lease Reek. I am signing a lease for an apartment, and the rental office smells so bad. Like an old smelly apartment building.	story	I picture reading my son a bedtime story (or making one up).	As I am enjoying a moment with my young son, the landlord barges into my son's bedroom, with the lease in his hand, and reeking of bad smells. My son cries!
cizra	She's Ram. Picture a Ram slamming into someone's "she" parts (e.g. boobs).	strange	I think of the strangest person I know (that I see on a regular basis.) I picture her face.	I am talking to the strange lady, when 1000 rams come running through and ram into her "she" parts. I yell "geeeez" (have to make sure I see a "Z"). I'm startled.
barda	Bar Dad. I picture bars slamming in front of my Dad, as the jail cell closes.	big	I think of big breasts.	Why is my dad in jail? For squeezing some woman's big breasts.
preti	Pretty (not to be confused with the hillbilly "purdy" pronunciation associated with another word). This is a very proper pretty woman.	question	If I have a question, I will ALWAYS ask the prettiest woman - the prettiest clerk or the prettiest girl in a restaurant.	I see a very pretty girl. I ask her a question. "Do you want to ----?" She smacks me. Hard. And again. And then she does me. ;)
stedu	Steady-Dew. For Dew, I usually think of vaginal juices. Steady dew is trying to balance or "steady" a girl while she is wiggling - perhaps we are having sex on a high, dangerous platform, and I am trying to steady her, while she wiggles.	head	I think of my head, and giving head, and burying my head. Gotta taste it in your imagination!	I make this an exciting, dangerous sex scene. On a scaffold, high off the ground. I'm giving head, but I can't keep her ass from wiggling and her body steady, and we come crashing to the ground. Think of the excitement. Then think of the impact!
tadni	Tad-Knee. I know a guy named Tad (actually it's Todd, but that's a tad like Tad), and I picture conversing with him, but my attention keeps being drawn to his knee.	study	I study, pouring over a book, highlighting and memorizing. My total focus is on my book, when suddenly I get "knee-ed" in the face. By Tad!	When I'm picturing Tad's knee (converting from Lojban to English), I picture books and highlighters flying out of his knee. From English to Lojban, I picture him kicking me with his knee and interrupting my studying.
sutra	Sue-Trap. (or if you prefer, Kama Sutra). A lawsuit trap might be a patch of ice that people slip on, in front of your house.	fast	I picture a very fast animal - a cheetah- running quickly past.	The cheetah slips on the ice, and tumbles dangerously, and injures himself badly. Next thing you know, you're in a court room, being sued by a cheetah. And the judge rules in the cheetah's favor and a giant mouse-trap shuts on you.
ractu	Rash-Two. I picture a rash, like poison ivy, on my arm and on my chest.	rabbit	Rabbits multiply quickly.	Either the multiplying rabbit has two bad rashes (I can see them scratching, while multiplying), or they are making me break out in rashes. And the rash-bubbles on my skin are causing rabbits to come out of my skin.
cilre	She'll Wreck. Think of a mighty ship, the Titanic, wrecking and sinking.	learn	I picture me sitting in a desk in 5th grade, with the prototypical school-marm teacher in front of the class, talking about the Titanic.	I have to picture "active learning". A ship simulation or a ship that we blow up, or something. Can't just be a static image of a teacher in front of the class.
melbi	Mel-Bee. I think of Mel Gibson (actor) in Lethal Weapon, in a critical scene, and a bee stinging him (unplanned, and he reacts violently).	beautiful	Picture the most beautiful woman you can imagine. You're alone with her. Next thing you know, Mel Gibson's with her, acting out a scene from Lethal Weapon (talking her down from commiting suicide). WTF!	Important to tie the beautiful woman with Mel and the bee. Add in some emotion, some sex and some action, and it'll be memorable.