Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Wedding ring engraving

[Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com>]

.i iu mi no'u la cipni ze'e prami do nu'e la mlatu

melrai :P

mu'o mi'e la tsani

On 9 July 2012 19:42, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Paul Predkiewicz
> <paul.predkiewicz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oh i see. I wasn't aware of that.
>>
>> Well, the reaccuring la remains though, which i somehow find slightly
>> unaesthetic, so what about my idea of using {mi'e}?
>> Another reason why i ask if {mi'e} can be used is that {la cipni ku
>> prami la mlatu} sounds like a very generic statement. Like "The monkey
>> eats a banana."
>
>
> Using «la» equates to the capitalization of a name, not to anything like
> "the". So «la cipni ku/cu prami la mlatu» means "Bird loves Cat" (but
> without the tense of English "loves"). Either of «ku» or «cu» can be used in
> this case. They differ grammatically, but the result is essentially the same
> here. It's not especially generic at all, although each argument can refer
> to any entity actually called that.
>
> stevo
>
>
>>
>> instead of {mi'e cipni ku prami la mlatu} which kind
>> of adds the info that cipni is the one saying this and for me it
>> sounds more like a confession.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Lindar <lindarthebard@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > You're actually perfectly allowed to use {cipni} and {mlatu} as names,
>> > but
>> > you have to terminate them.
>> >
>> > {la cipni ku ze'e prami la mlatu}
>> > {la mlatu ku ze'e prami la cipni}
>> >
>> > Perfectly valid Lojban.
>
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