Re: [lojban-beginners] stonei

[Álvaro Vallejo <avallejor@gmail.com>]

Thanks!

Finally it gets clear.

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 9:18:38 AM UTC-5, xorxes wrote:
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Álvaro Vallejo <> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I can't grab the meaning of "stonei". I can split this lujvo into
> > sto=>stodi=constant + nei=>nelci=fond, but I can not make a meaning of it in
> > this context:
> >
> > lu .i lu mabla nu farvi li'u se cusku le ralju noi tolci'o stonei gi'e zanru
> > lo nu xadni tsali li'u
> >
> > Which is translated as "Damn progress!" said the chief, who was an old
> > physical-force tory.
> > (The scientific ape)
>
> In British politics a tory is a conservative and "stonei" -> "nelci lo
> nu stodi" is meant to translate that.
>
> mu'o mié xorxes

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