Re: [bpfk] BPFK Pages: Attitudinal Modifiers

[Ilmen <ilmen.pokebip@gmail.com>]

On 28/11/2014 09:58, Gleki Arxokuna wrote:
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section%3A+Attitudinal+Modifiers
>
> .i lo rectu be ko ku se canlu le briju vau ga'i nai
> Get your meat right into my office, you maggot.
>
> According to Wiktionary "maggot" is a term of insult for a 'worthless' 
> person, as if a bug.
>
> Was {ga'i} meant here instead?
I would interpret this sentence to mean «I humbly command you that your 
flesh occupies all the office's volume/space», which sounds rather silly.

The English version of the sentence would have been better rendered as 
{lo rectu be ko ga'i cu zvati lo mi briju} or {ko'oi lo rectu be do ga'i 
cu zvati lo mi briju}.

mi'e la .ilmen. mu'o


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