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la'o me. Erik Natanael Gustafsson .me cusku di'e
> coi ro do

coi

> I am working on a piece for flute quartet and I'm using a few Lojban
> phrases. The following are a few that I'm thinking about using and I
> would be most grateful if you would like to correct them and propose
> better translations.

As latro'a has already pointed out most things that might need tweaking,=20
I'm just going to add my personal attempt at your sentences below.


> Listen to us!

ko tinju'i [tu'a] mi'a

({mi} instead of {mi'a} works only if the line is said by e.g. a choir=20
(which might be the case, of course))


> See us!

ko viska mi'a


> Let us share our knowledge.

.e'e mi'o simxu lo ka [ce'u] jungau [ce'u] fi lo se djuno be lo nei

(having to use {nei} is very ugly to me... there are ways to avoid it,=20
but they involve more advanced "tricks". It would be better to make a=20
new brivla for this purpose.)


> We could mutually benefit one another (hard to translate from Swedish
> "Vi kan ha mycket gl=C3=A4dje av varandra")

mi'o ka'e simxu lo ka mutce xamgu/pluka/glekygau


> Collaboration.

.i da'i [gun]kansi'u


> Let us understand eachother.

.e'e mi'o simxu lo ka jimpe [tu'a ce'u]


> We are not so different, you and me.

so'u da te frica do mi

or: .i na ku so'i da te frica do mi

or: .i na fricysi'u so'i da fa do jo'u mi


> We can share this place.

tu'a lo vi stuzi ka'e kampu mi'o


> This place where you are you, I am I and we are we.

The ugly literal version:
.i go'i fa lo vi stuzi noi bu'u ke'a do ckaji lo se ckaji be do zi'e noi=20
bu'u ke'a mi ckaji lo se ckaji be mi zi'e noi bu'u ke'a mi'o ckaji lo se=20
ckaji be mi'o

(it strongly depends on what "are" means in this context)

A possible alternative:
.i go'i fa lo vi stuzi noi bu'u ke'a zifre lo ka ckaji ma kau kei fa mi=20
.e do .e mi'o

Btw, what does {backi} mean?

mi'e la selpa'i mu'o

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