Re: A challenge

[Don Wiggins <dwiggins@BFSEC.BT.CO.UK>]

>>.i lu mi'a      visydonborka'ogei .i  ku'i    ko   smajo'ukemvizyzva li'u
>>    "  We  seeing-(you-well)-glad.  However, you! quiet-and-(here-at)  "
>>

>I don't know about making it into a single word, but I probably would
>expect more UI markers! (and maybe fewer predicates.  And probably mi
>instead of mi'a: if the speaker knows enough to say that "we" are glad,
>she's probably speaking on behalf of "we").

It seems to be really difficult to use fewer predicates, but that way would
certainly be better Lojban.

>za'a kanro .ui
 Evidential-I-observe-that (something) is-healthy and-I-am-happy-about-it.

.oicu'iro'o for physical-non-complaint.

>.i         re'inai           .ei    ko zvati     ti
    Not-ready-to-receive obligation you!  at this-indicated.

I don't know about that "re'inai", how about "ta'a" 'interruption'.

>.ui za'ase'i fu'iro'ose'inai ko zvati ti

>Maybe even some cmavo replacement for zvati?

.o'e is closeness.


.i lu      .oicu'iro'odai             .ui .i    ta'a          o'edai
    " Physical-non-complaint-empathy glad.  Interruption closeness-empathy

   .e'uga'i    li'u
suggest-haughty. "

That starting to look a lot better.  Now if the "ta'a" can be eliminated then
all the cmavo can be squished together and scoped with "fu'e... fu'o" and
we're there.