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 m0rDM5y-00007FC; Fri, 2 Dec 94 02:43 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5761; Fri, 02 Dec 94 02:43:44 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 5760; Fri, 2 Dec 1994 02:43:41 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0962; Fri, 2 Dec 1994 01:40:25 +0100 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 18:56:52 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: TEXT: pemci X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: (Your message of Thu, 01 Dec 94 14:50:11 N.) <9412011350.AA01703@dxmint.cern.ch> Content-Length: 628 Lines: 22 Roberto: > > lo ni fa le vi nanmu cu pinji > > vau bancu le lakne zei linji > > Please clarify this sentence. I would translate literally: > > "The real-amount of what-I-describe-as this man being a penis > exceeds what-I-describe-as the probable-type-of line." > > This sounds nonsensical. I guess you meant > > "The size of this man's penis is greater than the probable linear standard(?)" > > or something like that. > Am I misunderstanding something? You understand perfectly. The fault is mine: there was a small but crucial typo: for "fa" read "fe". This gives (I hope) what you rightly guessed I meant. --- And