We do try to be friendly. :)

The attitudinals belong to the selma’o UI (selma’o = se cmavo = cmavo category). One good important historic reference for cmavo is this list:

http://www.lojban.org/publications/wordlists/cmavo_selmaho_order.txt

The second column of that list, in all caps (for odd historical reasons), is the selma’o. The heart of selma’o UI is the 39 scales listed there under UI1. Each can also have “nai” appended to turn it into its opposite, or “cu’i” to turn it into a neutral midpoint, for instance: “.o’a” = pride, “.o’a nai” = shame, “.o’a cu’i” = modesty. There are also intensity modifiers, “ru’e” for a weaker version, “sai” for a strong version and “cai” for an extremely strong version (”cai” is rarely used, it’s reserved for very strong emotions, like cursing): “.o’a ru’e” a little bit proud, “.o’a nai cai” dying of embarassment.

I think that a good way to begin communicating with attitudinals, especially if you’re studying with someone IRL, is to just start with an attitudinal or two (I suggest “.ui”, happiness/sadness) and learn to ask & answer a basic emotion question. The basic emotion question word is “pei”, used in place of an intensity indicator, like “.ui pei”, how happy (or sad) are you. You can give answers like: “ru’e”, a little happy, “nai sai”, quite sad, “cai” extremely happy, “nai ru’e”, a little sad. So a simple sample conversation:

A: .ui pei
B: nai ru’e .ui pei
A: sai .uu

A: How happy/sad are you?
B: I’m a little bit sad, how bout you?
A: I’m quite happy. I’m sorry you’re not feeling well.

Please write to me, selckiku@gmail.com, and I’d be happy to answer any questions that you have. There’s a lot of Lojbanic activity online, more and more places these days, so please come hang out with us. It’s true that we only have a few pedagogical materials so far; I’m working on a set of video lessons but I’m a terrible perfectionist. :) We have a strong oral (pe’a, actually typing mostly) tradition, though, where we ask and answer a lot of questions about our language. That’s still the best way to learn Lojban.

The traditional Lojbanic forums are the mailing lists, and #lojban on Freenode. These days there’s also a lot of activity on identi.ca (!lojban) and Twitter (#lojban). You can also find less active forums places like Livejournal, Facebook, etc.

Thanks for your interest.

.e’o sai ko sarji la .lojban.
Please, support Lojban.

.i ko ko kurji
Take care of (and be taken care of by) yourself.

(Two traditional sayings.)

mu’o mi’e la stela se ckiku
(c-ya i’m Lock Key-Opened)

I like your blog btw, and have subscribed to it.

The upside is that you can use it on the Internet. Oh, wait.
But I heard the Lojban community is really nice, though. :)