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ianek wrote:
> I prefer Robin's versions to lojbab's. We say "Happy birthday", not "I
> hope you feel joy from your birthday party", because the latter is
> unnecessarily verbous. 

I was translating the English.  I wouldn't necessarily say the same 
thing in Lojban if I were trying to briefly express a relevant 
sentiment.  Different languages use different expressions that don't 
necessarily have the same meaning.

And verbosity isn't necessarily a virtue.  I believe Russian's express 
birthday wishes as

pozdravelyayu vas na dyen rozhdeniyi
I congratulate you on the day of birth

a full 12 syllables and comparable to my Lojban forms

Also, isn't it the case to use di'ai?

I have no idea, since I neither know nor use any experimental cmavo.  At 
this point, none of them are official.

lojbab

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