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Subject: [lojban] Re: "The beautiful little dancer" in Lojban
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Le mercredi 28 d=C3=A9cembre 2022 =C3=A0 16 h 28 min 49 s UTC+3, yanni...@g=
mail.com a=20
=C3=A9crit :

> dear Lojban speakers,
>
> I'm writing a book on Natural Language Processing, in which I frequently=
=20
> refer to Lojban.
>
> At some point I'm comparing the number of morphological markers in variou=
s=20
> languages: I take the sentence =E2=80=9CThe beautiful little dancer=E2=80=
=9D (meaning a=20
> female dancer) and I count the feminine-specific morphemes, for example i=
n=20
> French:* l*a* be*lle* petit*e* danseu*se** (four non-empty morphemes), in=
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> German* d*ie* sch=C3=B6ne kleine T=C3=A4nzer*in** (two morphemes), etc.
>
> In order to give a Lojban example, could you please provide me with the=
=20
> sentence translated into Lojban, twice: first meaning a male dancer and=
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> then meaning a female dancer (if there are any differences).
>

*le pa cmalu je melbi dansu* -=20
*the small-and-beautiful dancer**le pa cmalu je melbi dansu* -=20
*the small-and-beautiful dancer**le pa cmalu je melbi dansu noi ninmu* -=20
*the small-and-beautiful dancer which is a woman**le pa cmalu je melbi=20
dansu noi nanmu* -=20
*the small-and-beautiful dancer which is a man*
You may also use *fetsi* and *nakni* for biological traits.
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>
> Thank you very much in advance,
>
> Seasons' greetings
>
> Yannis
>

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">L=
e mercredi 28 d=C3=A9cembre 2022 =C3=A0 16 h 28 min 49 s UTC+3, yanni...@gm=
ail.com a =C3=A9crit&nbsp;:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); paddin=
g-left: 1ex;">dear Lojban speakers,<div><br></div><div>I'm writing a book o=
n Natural Language Processing, in which I frequently refer to Lojban.</div>=
<div><br></div><div>At some point I'm comparing the number of morphological=
 markers in various languages: I take the sentence =E2=80=9CThe beautiful l=
ittle dancer=E2=80=9D (meaning a female dancer) and I count the feminine-sp=
ecific morphemes, for example in French:<i> l*a* be*lle* petit*e* danseu*se=
*</i> (four non-empty morphemes), in German<i> d*ie* sch=C3=B6ne kleine T=
=C3=A4nzer*in*</i> (two morphemes), etc.</div><div><br></div><div>In order =
to give a Lojban example, could you please provide me with the sentence tra=
nslated into Lojban, twice: first meaning a male dancer and then meaning a =
female dancer (if there are any differences).</div></blockquote><div><br></=
div><div><b>le pa cmalu je melbi dansu</b> - <i>the small-and-beautiful dan=
cer<br></i><b>le pa cmalu je melbi dansu</b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<i>the small-and-b=
eautiful dancer<br></i><b>le pa cmalu je melbi dansu noi ninmu</b>&nbsp;-&n=
bsp;<i>the small-and-beautiful dancer which is a woman<br></i><b>le pa cmal=
u je melbi dansu noi nanmu</b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<i>the small-and-beautiful dance=
r which is a man<br></i><br>You may also use <b>fetsi</b> and <b>nakni</b> =
for biological traits.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204)=
; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><br></div><div>Thank you very much in advance,</=
div><div><br></div><div>Seasons' greetings</div><div><br></div><div>Yannis<=
/div></blockquote></div>

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