[lojban-beginners] Re: Study plan for a quiz- I'd like a second opinion on this one

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

2009/11/1 Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com>:
> So if you would be willing to check what I actually wrote against what
> I intended to write, as well as suggesting more variations. Again the
> idea is to include as many sentence variations as possible while
> sticking close to the thematic source and using similar words
> throughout to show the variations clearly.

coi

.i lu

.i do jmive ce'o morsi
you live, and you die

.i do ca jmive gi'e ba bo morsi
you live now, and you will die

.i sei ko morji se'u go'e
remember! you live, and you die

.i jmive gi'e ku'i ba'a morsi
you live, however you will die

.i ja'e gi jmive co virnu gi djuno lo du'u ba morsi
you live bravely because you know that you will die

.i lo ka virnu cu jicmu lo nu do jmive
bravery is the standard by which you live

.i lo kamvri cu jicmu lo do nunji'e
bravery is the standard by which you live (2)

.i do genai jmive gi zasti
you do not live, you exist

.i do virnu gu'enai jmive gi ba'e to'e jmive
you don't live bravely, you do the opposite of living bravely!

.i ko zo'u virnu jmive ja'e lo je'u nu virnu morsi
live bravely! and you will indeed die bravely.

.i ko'a ba morsi .i ku'i ko'e ba co'u zasti
that one will die, however that one (2) will cease to exist

.i .e'u pilno le nunji'e le banli
use your life for great things!

.i naku lo nunmro cu nu to'e jmive .i ja'aku lo nunza'i cu go'i
(or: .i nu to'e jmive fa genai lo nunmro gi lo nunza'i )
death is not the opposite of living, existing is the opposite of living

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