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Re: {prenu} vs. {remna}
jorge@phyast.pitt.edu writes:
> ...
> {sinxa} is ok, now that I know what you meant. My comment about {lu}
> was only that your {go'i} doesn't repeat my sentence inside the lu-li'u.
>
> I don't believe in using lu-li'u instead of the usual ">" for this
> type of dialogue. ...
> By convention,
> something that appears with ">" is something someone else said, and
> appears in your post only as background, just like other people's
> words are a background to what you say when talking. You can use
> {go'i} etc. to refer to that background, but not to refer to things
> inside {lu} quotes.
Interesting point here. I'm not sure how editing of quotes fits in,
though.
> > > > .i lu le te sinxa li'u dunli lu le zgana li'u le
> > > > smuni .i xu do tugni .i mi nu'o pu pilno zo simlu
> > >
> > > i mi se cizra le nu ro da poi co'a cinfo cu se sinxa da'u
> >
> > What would a "new infant" be other than "a just created person"?
>
> Maybe a "new lion"? I thought you were being metaphorical. :)
> cinfo = lion; cifnu = infant
.i .oisa'e .i ku'i lo cifnu cu cinfo .i lu remna cifnu li'u basti zo
cinfo
> > > i cy zbasu lei danlu fa'u lei remna ca le re djedi
> >
> > According to the gismu list:
> > danlu dal da'u animal
> > x1 is an animal/creature of species x2; x1 is biologically animate
> > Surely this includes humans?
>
> No doubt. But the Bible still says that animals were created in a
> different day than Man. The question is how do you translate that
> "Man"? I'd say {remna}, not {prenu}.
I thought I agreed with you: yes, {remna}, not {prenu} is appropriate.
(Excellent point, since the authors of the Declaration would be
referring back to the Bible.)
{mabru} seems to have a wider meaning than just 'mammal', so maybe it
could be used instead of {danlu}; either that or a lujvo: {nalsajydal},
perhaps?
> > > > .i ju'ocu'i lei cmugau patfu krice ledu'u le nu la cev. zbasu na'e
mulfau
> > > ^cu krici
> >
> > .i ji'a zo tipyfau basti zo mulfau
>
> i ue xu tikpa fasnu
.i .oicaisa'e .i zo jipfau basti zo tipyfau
> > > i pe'i py krici le du'u ro remna cu se zbasu la cev i ji'a lei ca remna
> >
> > .i .uanai .i le nu zbasu piroloi remna ja'abo lo'e remna cu na'e tipyfau
>
> i ie i zo'o le nu catke le bolci sepi'o le jamfu cu tipfau
.i zo'o ji'a le nu co'a se pinfu la rodneis. king. pu tipfau
> > .i mu'o mi'e. dilyn. .uanai
>
> co'o mi'e xorxes uanaisai
mu'o mi'e. dilyn. .oisai