Return-Path: Message-Id: <9109111433.AA21524@relay1.UU.NET> Date: Wed Sep 11 11:03:42 1991 Reply-To: "Mark E. Shoulson" Sender: Lojban list From: "Mark E. Shoulson" Subject: Day 2 X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann , Bob LeChevalier Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Wed Sep 11 11:03:42 1991 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN Well, by many rabbinic opinions, today is the anniversary of the third day of creation, so I'll post my second day now. Wouldn't want to look like I'm out-doing the original! :-) Besides, I didn't post it earlier. I've made a few changes in my Day 1, predicated on criticisms and my own re-thinking. I changed {le cevni} into {la cevni} everywhere (except in {le cevni pruxi}), 'cause it seems more reasonable. Also went to {la cevni cu fedri'a fo le gusni ce le manku}, and dropped the {ka}'s just about everywhere. Discussion on {tu'a} to follow some other time. So here's Day 2: ni'o la cevni cu bacru lu .e'o jdari ne'i loi djacu gi'e fendi fi lei djacu ce lei djacu li'u (new) "god" utters "(command) hard-thing within mass-of water and divide [(something)] into (a-specific) mass-of water unordered-set-with (a-specific) mass-of water" Using {gi'e} here to make both {jdari} and {fendi} apply to the elliptical {zo'e}. This implies informally (does *not* necessarily mean, I think), that the two {zo'e}'s have the same referent. I think *this* time I have {fendi} used correctly. I like the way I use {lei djacu ce lei djacu} to indicate division between two masses of water; this structure reflects the original. .ije la cevni cu zbasu le jdari And "god" makes the hard-thing Using {zbasu} here instead of {finti}. Works well, and the Heb verb is different from the first. .ijebo ra fedri'a fo lei djacu poi gapru le jdari ku'o ce lei djacu poi cnita le jdari And recent-sumti [(i.e. "god")] divide-causes [(something)] into the-mass-of water which-restrictively is-above the hard-thing (close rel clause) unordered-set-with the-mass-of water which-restrictively-is below the hard-thing. I'm leaving out {tu'a} here; I have my doubts about it. I'll write something on that soon. The {ku'o} is not elidable here, or it would join {le jdari} with {lei djacu}. I really have a ball with terminators on Day Four, when I have to deal with creating the sun and moon and stars. .i zasti Existing-thing My rendition of "And it was so." I think it's okay, but there may be something better out there. .i la cevni te cmene le jdari zo tsani And "god" is-a-namer of the hard-thing "sky" Straightforward enough. .i vanci .i cerni .i remoi djedi Evening. Morning. Second day Also straightforward. Now it's "second" instead of "two," because that's the way it is. Cope. Hmmm. This was a short day. Maybe I'll post day three today and catch up with the ol' deity. ~mark