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From: Jonathan Jones To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: eyeonus@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.54 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=eyeonus@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0408d3c128c6ab04b37cecea X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 4184 --f46d0408d3c128c6ab04b37cecea Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 So, I have a Google alert for anything that has the word Lojban. Today, it spouted a forum message about Lojban posted in- of all things- a forum for people that write programs for TI graphing calculators: Cemetech | Forum | General Open Topic | *Lojban*! [Topic] So, me being me, I had to reply. Part of my reply was this: ko binxo.e'o lo cmima be lo jbopre I really like this, especially since it's one of the first things I wrote in Lojban - and by that I mean that I didn't translate it, even in my head, I actually /thought it out in Lojban/ and wrote it down. Heck, I didn't even try to put it into English until I wanted to come up with a Subject for this post. I'm now officially happy. .ui Also, I wanted to try this on for size: It doesn't matter if you make mistakes. What matters is if you learn from them. lonu srera na vajni .i se vajni lonu cilre fo lonu srera Any thoughts, suggestions, etc.? I'd like to know if anyone else thinks the above could be improved, keeping in mind I'm not going for an exact translation- it's the expression, not the words, that I care about. -- mu'o mi'e .aionys. .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. --f46d0408d3c128c6ab04b37cecea Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So, I have a Google alert for anything that has the word Lojban. Today, it = spouted a forum message about Lojban posted in- of all things- a forum for = people that write programs for TI graphing calculators: Cemetech | Forum | General Open Topic | = Lojban! [Topic]

So, me being me, I had to reply. Part of my reply was this:

ko b= inxo.e'o lo cmima be lo jbopre

I really like this, especially si= nce it's one of the first things I wrote in Lojban - and by that I mean= that I didn't translate it, even in my head, I actually /thought it ou= t in Lojban/ and wrote it down. Heck, I didn't even try to put it into = English until I wanted to come up with a Subject for this post. I'm now= officially happy. .ui

Also, I wanted to try this on for size:

It doesn't matter if you make mistakes. What matters is if you learn f= rom them.
lonu srera na vajni .i se vajni lonu cilre fo lonu srer= a

Any thoughts, suggestions, etc.? I'd like to know if anyone else th= inks the above could be improved, keeping in mind I'm not going for an = exact translation- it's the expression, not the words, that I care abou= t.

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mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo piln= o be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Lu= ke, I am your father. :D )

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