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- To: uunet!snark!lojban-list, raven.ulowell.edu!gryphon
- Subject: Translations and this list...
- From: Coranth <raven.MIT.EDU!ulowell.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 89 21:35:28 EST
- Sender: athena.mit.edu!oiscrazy
Hi. I didn't know that this list existed.
I didn't know that I was on it ["oiscrazy@athena.mit.edu"].
Would whoever can add people to the list add my new account
"gryphon@raven.ulowell.edu"
since my athena account is going away...? Thanx.
On the subject of the translation:
>> "mi gerna ..."
The way I undertsood it:
"mi cu gerna" = "I am a grammer"
whereas:
"le mi gerna" = "my grammer" [used as a sumti]
I have no idea what "ca" means, so I assume that it's a typo fo "cu".
Thus the way I'd write that sentence is:
"le my gerna cu srera ki'u mi cu cnino la lojban"
Translated as:
"my grammer errs in (me being new to lojban)"
This assumes that "ki'u" [a cmavo I barely recognize]
is the 'begin-parenthetical-expression' marker.
It would make more sense to use the cmavo for 'beause',
[which "ki'u" might be, I'm not sure], resulting in this translation:
"my grammer errs because I am new to lojban"
I assume that this is the purpose of this mailing list, and that everyone
will not now hate my for posting this here. If so, ooops - sorry.
If so, then I look forward to more of this.
Gryph