Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id RAA16830 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 1995 17:56:07 -0400 Message-Id: <199509232156.RAA16830@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id C64FC213 ; Sat, 23 Sep 1995 17:37:53 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 17:36:42 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: translation exercises:1 X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Sat Sep 23 17:56:10 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU la kir cusku di'e > e. doi marca. .i me do cu prami > ^^^^^^ > Can cmeme end with vovel? Yes and no. Any selbri can be used as a name, so those kind of names do end with a vowel. It is not clear what happens with gismu-form names like {marca} that are not real gismu. Someone once used {la melbi burno} and {la pitsi burgo} for "Melbourne" and "Pittsburgh", even though most of those gismu don't exist. On the other hand, {doi marce i mi do prami} is perfectly fine and it means: "O Vehicle, I love you". la and cusku di'e > > > e. Turn the screw to the left. > ko cargau le klupe fo le zunle Which is right, but what does it mean? Is turning to the left clockwise or counterclockwise? My dictionary says that "levogiration" is counterclockwise. Is that Lojban's convention, too? > > > c. la makdonaldz. cu gusta le festi ku > > {It's waste food in McDonald's.} > McDonald's is a restaurant located in detritus. (Which is true: I live > opposite one.) (Actually, that translates {lo festi}.) The new {gusta} doesn't have a location place, you are probably looking at the old gi'uste. Jorge