From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Tue Jul 22 14:14:22 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41904.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.155]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 19f4Sj-0004bb-00 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:14:21 -0700 Message-ID: <20030722211350.24433.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41904.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:13:50 PDT Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:13:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: First Complex Lujvo To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org In-Reply-To: <20030722205357.52962.qmail@web13002.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 410 X-Approved-By: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners --- Travis Garris wrote: > So wanted to make the Lojban equivilant of "caver". I > started with "mi zbasu kevna cmana". I don't know if > cmana is appropriate in x3. It is supposed to mean, > "I make caves in mountains". It says "I'm a maker cave mountain". You want {mi zbasu lo'e kevna be lo'e cmana} for "I make caves in mountains", or {mi cmana kevna zbasu} for "I'm a mountain-cave maker". > Provided that cmana is the best choice (and for that > matter, that zbasu is better than the Lojban for > "dig"), I tried to create a lujvo: "zbakevma'a". > > Is that legal? Does it make sense? Is there a better > way to do it? The lujvo is correct for your tanru. From {cmana kevna zbasu} you get the lujvo {ma'arkevzba}. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com