Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qN8kL-000021C; Mon, 11 Jul 94 02:57 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5163; Mon, 11 Jul 94 02:56:17 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 5159; Mon, 11 Jul 1994 02:56:15 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0317; Mon, 11 Jul 1994 01:55:28 +0200 Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 19:35:10 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: lenu mi siskytadni cu mulno/ rIn jIQulmeH Qu'. X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 852 Lines: 26 la nitcion spusku di'e mi > =By {zandjine'u} I intended "congratulate". Anyone have any better ideas? > > zandjine'u did seem odd to me. As you'll have notice, I said just zanru to > Iain. I think do zanru fi mi will do fine. Are you sure you mean zanru? It doesn't have an x3: zanru zar zau approve x1 approves of/gives favor to plan/action x2 (object/event) I would still like to use cnemu, because a congratulation is more than a simple approval, it implies some merit on the part of the person being congratulated. How about zarne'u? zarne'u c1=z1 c2 c3=z2 (c4=nu zanru) x1 congratulates (rewards with approval) x2 for action x3 > (I have to bite my tongue to stop from saying "majQa'!" There isn't a Lojban > attitudinal corresponding to this exclamation (= "Well done")). Perhaps i'e? (to ji'a za'o se glajukpa toi) Jorge