Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Honorifics.

[".arpis." <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>]

I wouldn't think {ga'i} gets used for "Mr." It seems a bit extreme in meaning in comparison. I'd figure it might see use for something like "The Honorable Judge Bob". Although for that, we may use {la poi selsi'a pajni .bab.}.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:41 AM, ianek <janek37@gmail.com> wrote:

I always thought that {ga'i} is for such things. So, {la ga'inai
jambias}?

mu'o mi'e ianek

On Dec 7, 10:20 am, Jonathan Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking about this recently. Does Lojban have honorifics, and if so,
> what are they? In English we have, for example, Mr., Mrs., Ms., Sir, Ma'am,
> Dr., etc. And, obviously, other languages have honorifics of their own as
> well. (Since I'm taking Japanese right now, －さん, －ちゃん, －くん, －さま, etc. come
> to mind.)
>
> To put it another way, How do I say "Mr. Llambías" in Lojban?
>
> --
> mu'o mi'e .aionys.
>
> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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