[lojban-beginners] Re: Using lojban in SF

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 22 July 2009 18:28:54 DataPacRat wrote:
> I'm part of an online writing group, and I'm thinking about having a
> certain character give verbal commands to a certain group of computers
> in something like Lojban. It's not a major plot-point, so I'm hoping
> that once I get the basic structure, I can take just a few seconds to
> check an English/Lojban dictionary for any new words... but it /would/
> be nice if I was using /real/ Lojban. (I'm also planning on using more
> English-like punctuation and capitalization, for reader
> comprehension.)
>
> For example, to tell a computer to turn on the lights and open
> something, would "Doi, Skami. I ko gusni. I ko kalri.", with the
> computer responding "Viho.", be reasonably close to Lojban?

It is Lojban, but it's telling the computer to be light and to be open.

> In a similar vein, this character wears a 'swarm cloak' made up of
> many tiny robots. For 'hey, swarmcloak, add a kilt', how close is
> "Doi, Girkosta. I ko fi skaci."; and for 'hey, swarmcloak, light up
> the direction I'm looking at', "Doi, Girkosta. I ko gusni farcta mi."?

I'd say "ko te fargusni lo selcta be mi" or something like that.

Pierre