[lojban-beginners] Re: greetings

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

2009/8/17 Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de>:
> Pierre Abbat wrote:
>> "hello, my name is rolf" is "coi mi'e rolf". I don't know how to say "how do
>> you do?"; the literal translation is "do gasnu ta'i ma?", but that would
>> elicit the reply "How do I do *what*?" "How are you" could be "do mo", but
>> that could also mean "What are you?" or "What do you do?"
>>
>> mu'o mi'e pier.
>
>
> Heya,
>
> I think you missed the point a bit. He was clearly and most probably also
> consciously asking not for a literal translation, but "how to do basic
> greetings", which of course is a question about the customs of the lojbanic
> community.
>
> The first example you gave, {coi mi'e rolf} is still correct and {do mo} is, in
> fact, what we say in place of "how do you do?" (even though "how do you do?" is
> not a question as far as I know) and it's not a bad thing that it can also mean
> "what do you do?" or "what are you?", because the common lojbanists cares that
> much more about their peers ;)
>
> mu'o mi'e timos

How about:

 coi mi'e rolf doi o'e

or, if the speaker is rather more interested to openly hear from the
other person in return:

 coi mi'e rolf be'e o'e


mu'o mi'e tijlan