Received: from mail-pz0-f61.google.com ([209.85.210.61]:43450) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RS6Mk-0005Su-SH; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:39 -0800 Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33sf3804228pzk.16 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent :sender:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-disposition; bh=8b+VxmhLGl3wwNTUYN0waGch1Q6Rm8NV4Xzk7IDSt20=; b=ilNWvEhl6tqlzCT3Zgh3NO6rMqXPRL81bGqY8ZIZIE5JXAJXfr8p1LrGx29ivbSAb0 /cpAh9MMlijRTDnG3w4nhHdr6UcwE8BkVTbwrPo3zAky53hw69vp0Rkm/2Pr1K8jWSn3 qi+ZNvkIAc8YuKy8dN2/4rrvap11EvH9pA3AQ= Received: by 10.68.12.105 with SMTP id x9mr1186212pbb.6.1321791553790; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:13 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.121.5 with SMTP id lg5ls1309179pbb.5.gmail; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.35.68 with SMTP id f4mr11974588pbj.5.1321791552580; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.35.68 with SMTP id f4mr11974587pbj.5.1321791552568; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from stodi.digitalkingdom.org (mail.digitalkingdom.org. [173.13.139.236]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r5si13614354pbe.1.2011.11.20.04.19.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:12 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rlpowell@stodi.digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.236 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.13.139.236; Received: from rlpowell by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RS6MZ-0005Sn-GL for lojban@googlegroups.com; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:11 -0800 Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:19:11 -0800 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] happy birthday Message-ID: <20111120121911.GF15311@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@googlegroups.com References: <2fb82f93-d450-4e7f-b28f-e00934de6f9c@o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2fb82f93-d450-4e7f-b28f-e00934de6f9c@o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rlpowell@stodi.digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.236 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rlpowell@stodi.digitalkingdom.org Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 01:59:51AM -0800, jongausib wrote: > How do you say "happy birthday" bau lojban? jbedetnunsla isn't "birthday", of course; it's the party you have on your birthday. I'd say something like {.ui dai jbedetri} or {.a'o pluka/se gleki jbedetri} or {.a'o do zanfri le jbedetri} or {.a'o le jbedetri cu pluka do} Depending on how specific/verbose I felt like being, and stylistic preference. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.