From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Jun 14 21:15:22 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:15:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hz3DV-0006pC-Rn for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:15:22 -0700 Received: from 25.mail-out.ovh.net ([213.186.37.103]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hz3DO-0006op-CR for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:15:21 -0700 Received: (qmail 28288 invoked by uid 503); 15 Jun 2007 04:15:34 -0000 Received: (QMFILT: 1.0); 15 Jun 2007 04:15:34 -0000 Received: from gw2.ovh.net (HELO mail10.ha.ovh.net) (213.251.189.202) by 25.mail-out.ovh.net with SMTP; 15 Jun 2007 04:15:34 -0000 Received: from b0.ovh.net (HELO queue-out) (213.186.33.50) by b0.ovh.net with SMTP; 15 Jun 2007 04:15:06 -0000 Received: from 222.9-225-89.dsl.completel.net (222.9-225-89.dsl.completel.net [89.225.9.222]) by ssl0.ovh.net (IMP) with HTTP for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:15:06 +0200 Message-ID: <1181880906.4672124ad3e2b@ssl0.ovh.net> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:15:06 +0200 From: m.kornig@sondal.net To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: nice to meet you References: <1181846668.46718c8cd54da@ssl0.ovh.net> <12d58c160706141203u6082ccadgb07580efbc8892c8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <12d58c160706141203u6082ccadgb07580efbc8892c8@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.6 X-Originating-IP: 89.225.9.222 X-Spam-Score: 0.6 X-Spam-Score-Int: 6 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 4952 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: m.kornig@sondal.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Selon "komfo,amonan" : > On 6/14/07, m.kornig@sondal.net wrote: > > > > Two strangers meet and introduce themselves. > > A typical English conversation would be: > > > > A: I'm... > > B: Nice/Good to meet you. I'm... > > A: Nice/Good to meet you, too. > > > > Most languages have something similar. Such > > phrases must be very frequent in any language? > > They often(?) express a certain respect > > for/interest in the other person. > > What is "nice to meet you" in Lojban? > > > Perhaps { .oi nai ro'a } > mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan Why not ".oinai" (in one word)? The Germans say "angenehm" (one word). And the French "enchante" (one word, too). It seems strange that Lojban needs three? English, needing four words to express the same thing, IS certainly strange. Martin