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.i lo xo jbopre cu jai sarcu lo nu galfi lo spofu te gusni balji
.i re .i pa da jdice lo du'u galfi fi ma kau .i je pa de facki lo du'u ma
kau balji gi'e te gusni lo spofu

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:07 PM, djandus <jandew@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, everyone knows that the most important quality of any language is its
> ability to tell jokes. (sarcasm)
>
> Regardless, in trying to translate a classic lightbulb joke, the closest I
> got was:
> ni**tcu xo lo prenu ku lo pu'u zbasu se carna lo cukpulterg**u'i
>
> Basically, how do you describe "screwing in" a lightbulb, and how do you
> say "lightbulb"? In my example, I went with a sort of
> "putting-together/installing kind-of turning" for "screwing in", and "round
> protrusion light-source" for "lightbulb". (I figured out the latter based
> on suggestions from the plant bulb.)
>
> If this is the actual good way of doing this, then I guess {tolzbasu
> carna} would be for "unscrewing"? Is this something worth making a lujvo
> for, what with using an actual screwdriver? (How would you say
> "screwdriver," even? {carna selpilno}?)
>
> mu'o mi'e djandus
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.i lo xo jbopre cu jai sarcu lo nu galfi lo spofu te gusni balji <br>.i re =
.i pa da jdice lo du&#39;u galfi fi ma kau .i je pa de facki lo du&#39;u ma=
 kau balji gi&#39;e te gusni lo spofu<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On =
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:07 PM, djandus <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:jandew@gmail.com">jandew@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">So, everyone knows that the most important =
quality of any language is its ability to tell jokes. (sarcasm)<div><br></d=
iv>

<div>Regardless, in trying to translate a classic lightbulb joke, the close=
st I got was:</div><div><span style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-s=
ize:12px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color=3D"#000000">ni<u>=
</u>tcu xo lo prenu ku lo pu&#39;u zbasu se carna lo cukpulterg<u></u>u&#39=
;i</font></span><br>

</div><div><span style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;back=
ground-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color=3D"#000000"><br></font></span>=
</div><div><span style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;back=
ground-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color=3D"#000000">Basically, how do =
you describe &quot;screwing in&quot; a lightbulb, and how do you say &quot;=
lightbulb&quot;? In my example, I went with a sort of &quot;putting-togethe=
r/installing kind-of turning&quot; for &quot;screwing in&quot;, and &quot;r=
ound protrusion light-source&quot; for &quot;lightbulb&quot;. (I figured ou=
t the latter based on suggestions from the plant bulb.)</font></span></div>

<div><span style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background=
-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color=3D"#000000"><br></font></span></div>=
<div><span style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background=
-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color=3D"#000000">If this is the actual go=
od way of doing this, then I guess {tolzbasu carna} would be for &quot;unsc=
rewing&quot;? Is this something worth making a lujvo for, what with using a=
n actual screwdriver? (How would you say &quot;screwdriver,&quot; even? {ca=
rna selpilno}?)</font></span></div>

<div><span style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background=
-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color=3D"#000000"><br></font></span></div>=
<div><span style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background=
-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color=3D"#000000">mu&#39;o mi&#39;e djandu=
s</font></span></div>

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