[lojban-beginners] Re: Correction please

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Dec 21, 2007 8:07 AM, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are these ok?
>
> Cheesemaking is as much an art as a science
> lo nu zbasu cirla cu du lo selylarcu du'i lo selsaske / lo nu zbasu
> cirla cu selylarcu du'i lo selsaske

"Cheesmaking" would have to be {lo nu cirla zbasu} or {lo nu zbasu lo
cirla}. {lo nu zbasu cirla} is something like "being a maker type of cheese".

I think you need {du'i lo nu (zy) selsaske}: "It is an art as much as (it is)
a science".

A more symmetrical possibility is:

  lo nu cirla zbasu cu du'i gi selylarcu gi selsaske
  Cheesmaking is equally an art and a science.

> She is characteristically a funny person.
> ko'a sekai xajmi prenu / ko'a kai xajmi prenu

{sekai} would introduce a second, unmentioned characteristic.
I'm not sure what {kai} does, as it introduces some unmentioned
someone or something with a property. I would prefer:

   ko'a ckaji lo ka xajmi prenu

mu'o mi'e xorxes