[lojban-beginners] Re: How do I say these things in lojban

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

I think your best bet would be to learn the grammar before you start trying to translate more complicated things.  Lojban is so different from English that simply looking for all the lojban equivalents of the english words doesn't end up giving very good translations.

On to your questions...

1) {le mi gerku} is a shortcut for {le gerku pe mi} that is "the dog that is associated with me".  So you could say {le gerku pe la deiv}.  Although, correct me if I'm wrong jbocre, I think you can get away with {le la deiv ku gerku}.

2) {go do na jimpe gi do snuti po'o tinbe} I think.  Although logical connectives were never my strong suit.  You could also do it like this: {lo nu do na jimpe kei rinka lo nu do snuti po'o tinbe}  which is "the event of you not understanding causes the event of you only accidentally obeying"

3) "repeat the procedure until I return".  ->  {ko rapgau lo terpra co'u lo nu mi xruti}.  At least that's my best guess.  My grasp of lojban tenses is also fairly weak.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com> wrote:

I have some clarifications I was hoping people could help me with.

I know that if I want to say my dog, then I say-- le mi gerku
and if I want to say your dog, I think I would say le do gerku
how do I say Dave's dog? i don't think that I would use the same
format, because Dave is a cmene and it would need a 'la'

and would it vary for something more abstract like a writing trick
like "Chekhov's gun"

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Also how would I say this-

"If you cannot understand then you obey only by chance"

I know that "you understand" should be-- do jimpe
and I think that "you cannot understand" would be -- do na ka'e jimpe
"If" is giving me real trouble though.
I also am uncertain if I need to use a "then" and if I do, I am
uncertain as to what it is.
Perhaps I just need to seperate the two parts with an -- .i

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Also I would like to be able to say this---

"repeat the procedure until I return"

repeat is-- rapli
return is -- xruti
procedure isn't in jbovlaste however
and finding words such as until are very difficult

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Thanks for the assist Guys

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