Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: APE (Audience Participation Exercise): Lojbanic words of wisdom

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:17:01 Michael Turniansky wrote:
>       In any case, the original English version is "Stealing is stealing,
> whether it's five cents or a nickel"  This caused us kids to snicker.  My
> mother admitted she meant to say "...a dime", but we always liked the
> as-said version better and used it often.  And we have tried to always live
> by it and impart to our children the importance of being scrupulous to not
> take more than they are entitled, even by accident (i.e. undercharged by a
> merchant, or given too much change from a purchase)

As Lojban doesn't have a short word for "a nickel", how about this?:

lo nu zerle'a cu nu zerle'a .iju decru'u je'i kau dekfepni

mu'omi'e .pier.
-- 
lo ponse be lo mruli ku po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko

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