From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Nov 13 08:22:07 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:22:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N8yuU-0005Lk-O9 for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:22:07 -0800 Received: from mail-pz0-f193.google.com ([209.85.222.193]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N8yuQ-0005KB-8v for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:22:06 -0800 Received: by pzk31 with SMTP id 31so2262153pzk.28 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:21:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=K9bqfKhxo6Duyk+HW3N+xy6EMO8eWyHWPlfZGl1TjPM=; b=dAn3EWxLuXRXDYBq/cn0+V8vYFCNpp/Msw8/rh+H4sAxPHkgmVSZo+HFMIkVHwsyQn ZOySvtG/4rrKGoJ81PjA8YxmdvURSXNbhfARh33NoxfWzl8jmc1FGBYEG+JkxCwa4YFg /r6wl7Rac6DNeu91NWjJK5z2HDLu+0Yq+uISc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=CItNPQ3zuTqACKftowWhwZBWSmv1QfBnrVwRtNoEu8mzeYpNB23xoBL0Y8R7Jmh35M sKE+T48HBaTS0iSaJ7ouvrqQl5H0WNs8IJiQevSBt4ylSYQTwCQPEQ/CaYkaQ6slDUQZ fwHYjXUDYfIw7aeZJV5Xp4qo8ZqHuWLu/SVuM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.196.18 with SMTP id t18mr508858wff.32.1258129316115; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:21:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <16d9defd0911130758q7d7cbbb5pe3349e000b28102c@mail.gmail.com> References: <7f1d42860911060938v45138b38xfa686f4e6e935de5@mail.gmail.com> <5715b9300911061055i13e6c4br2c9604e0472be5b5@mail.gmail.com> <96f789a60911091253w4163beb4h75d5f3974d5c0bdf@mail.gmail.com> <7f1d42860911130003n70d38145me987863aaffcfdff@mail.gmail.com> <16d9defd0911130758q7d7cbbb5pe3349e000b28102c@mail.gmail.com> From: Oren Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:21:36 +0800 Message-ID: <27513e550911130821u1a81ca1ck38f0d797fd95676b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: How do I say these things in lojban To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 2560 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: get.oren@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 23:58, chris kerr wrote: > How would you say "she was born before her time" > I don't know, but I'd say the first step would be rephrasing it without using the colloquialism "before one's time," which could mean simply 'prematurely' or 'too early' or contain some grander implications. simply: 1) "She was born before expected" / "She was born prematurely" 'too much': 2) "She should have been born later on" / "Her being born later would have been better" artsy-fartsy: 3) "She demonstrat(es/ed) talent/ability/ideas that (were/will be) popularized/realized after her lifetime"