From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Jun 15 08:31:16 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:31:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HzDlU-0000fs-0d for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:31:13 -0700 Received: from 25.mail-out.ovh.net ([213.186.37.103]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HzDlK-0000fg-EI for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:31:06 -0700 Received: (qmail 2989 invoked by uid 503); 15 Jun 2007 15:31:17 -0000 Received: (QMFILT: 1.0); 15 Jun 2007 15:31:17 -0000 Received: from b6.ovh.net (HELO mail80.ha.ovh.net) (213.186.33.56) by 25.mail-out.ovh.net with SMTP; 15 Jun 2007 15:31:17 -0000 Received: from b0.ovh.net (HELO queue-out) (213.186.33.50) by b0.ovh.net with SMTP; 15 Jun 2007 15:30:56 -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 17:30:56 +0200 Message-ID: <1181921456.4672b0b0e4a43@ssl0.ovh.net> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:30:56 +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> In-Reply-To: <1181846668.46718c8cd54da@ssl0.ovh.net> 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: 4962 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 m.kornig@sondal.net: > 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? Can't > find it. Maybe one of the following? > > .ui > nelci > .a'u > je'e Thanks for your replies which add another two to the list of maybe-translations: .oi nai ro'a .ui coi Are you sure that this list doesn't miss out THE most frequent translation? Now, what I really would like to know: Which is THE MOST COMMON way of saying "nice to meet you"? And hence: which word/phrase should a beginner learn? (Learning all six is NOT an option for a beginner, I think.) Martin