From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Jun 15 06:32:57 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:32:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HzBuu-0001NS-Ja for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:32:47 -0700 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.232]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HzBud-0001Mu-Cg for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:32:39 -0700 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id n1so949305nzf for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:32:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=Dkb1Qd/rZCXOtAn/HzJBz7XtXBussCG/zxkwFDmXCnzTQ92wcXF0zpFvwRHRiY8jarupAExnUJKA23Ct3tFPTObagu0bMg/KW3htdHPLeb07obCo4AO4dfdsRc2xWorLjTWELb5AWuJOLb7/xjRVx6xoQjnThuTUSONIQlzBVaU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=HYzWXgKv/OjafD9y3zWTemweP8cVUd8lM8uPfAeyjB6phdksHQeGMcQxO/8CjPHdPgxevisXQWqK/tCew0+gj3TaNgcMEWVY3F/0CfEdaOZ6/GNFS3E3GMlC9ReCPYxVLK8h4hEoiH54D8NQSxCCIwCwTAUAn02ryRP4ifwT2cM= Received: by 10.114.53.1 with SMTP id b1mr2967953waa.1181914340607; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:32:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.113.4 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:32:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <12d58c160706150632g634cb95eu2cd22f2ce3dc5b77@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:32:20 -0400 From: "komfo,amonan" To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: nice to meet you In-Reply-To: <1181880906.4672124ad3e2b@ssl0.ovh.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_39134_27894837.1181914340578" References: <1181846668.46718c8cd54da@ssl0.ovh.net> <12d58c160706141203u6082ccadgb07580efbc8892c8@mail.gmail.com> <1181880906.4672124ad3e2b@ssl0.ovh.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: ec16976e1e1f4fd1 X-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-Spam-Score-Int: 1 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 4961 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: komfoamonan@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners ------=_Part_39134_27894837.1181914340578 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 6/15/07, m.kornig@sondal.net wrote: > > 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)? {.oi nai} and {.oinai} are the same thing. I prefer not to join cmavo clusters because of how, e.g. {si} behaves. A cmavo cluster is still >1 word, however you write it, so if you needed to erase {.oinai}, you need {si si}. mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan ------=_Part_39134_27894837.1181914340578 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 6/15/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:
Selon "komfo,amonan" <komfoamonan@gmail.com>:

> On 6/14/07, m.kornig@sondal.net < 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)?

{.oi nai} and {.oinai} are the same thing. I prefer not to join cmavo clusters because of how, e.g. {si} behaves. A cmavo cluster is still >1 word, however you write it, so if you needed to erase {.oinai}, you need {si si}.

mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan

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