From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:54:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Received: (qmail 20709 invoked from network); 7 Aug 1997 18:48:03 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se (192.36.125.6) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with SMTP; 7 Aug 1997 18:48:03 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <6.A25AB417@SEGATE.SUNET.SE>; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 20:47:50 +0100 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 13:28:49 -0400 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Organization: Lojban Peripheral Subject: Re: Pregnant Mice X-To: Constructed Languages List , lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 762 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <_zHDsLAdGFB.A.ux.p20kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Warning: private replies to to avoid bounces. Mark E. Shoulson wrote: > Mia wrote: > # I don't know, but I think I bought a pregnant mouse. > > Here's an attempt in Lojban. John Cowan, opinions? > > ju'ocu'i mi te vecnu lo .ia baza se jbena smacu > > certainty-scalar-neutral 1st-person 3rd-conversion sell/buy thing-which-is > belief future-middle-range 2nd-conversion be-born mouse > > (uncertainty!) I buy a (belief!) sometime-in-the-middle-future giving-birth > type of mouse. > > (we have no gismu for "pregnant"?) No, but the lujvo "pazvau" (panzi vasru, literally "be an offspring container") is in the list. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban