Return-Path: <@SEGATE.SUNET.SE:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0sWSwi-0000ZFC; Thu, 13 Jul 95 21:25 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 36213347 ; Thu, 13 Jul 1995 20:25:08 +0200 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 14:24:53 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Hello. X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 1044 Lines: 29 la tim cusku di'e > I've included the sentence below in Lojban with a gloss and English. The > parser likes it, but I just wanted more experienced jbotadni thought. > Apologies if the gloss doesn't follow convention. (Actually, there is no convention.) > le cabdei cu bavna'ake'udei le mu'e le fraso bilni cu gasnu le > today is-anniversary-of point-event-(the-french-military causes > > pu'u la reinbo'uari'or,uon. nafulta kei kei li pano > process-(the-"rainbow warrior 1" not-floats)) 10 > > Today is the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior 1 by > the French military. It seems fine, but I would say it differently. The name of the ship I would write as {la reinbou,uarior. .uan.} otherwise the stress is wrong. Or even better {la reinbou,uarior. pav.}. There are about 10 words for "anniversary" in Nick's lujvo list, the one I like is {detke'u}. Also, I don't like terminators, so I would say: le cabdei cu panomoi detke'u le nu le fraso bilni cu tolfulgau la reinbou,uarior pav Jorge