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Re: [lojban-beginners] .i zoi gy. gift gy. xe fanva ma la lojban (How do you say 'Gift' in lojban?)



I would suggest not trying to work with lujvo for a while as a beginner. Knowing when a new word is needed in the first place isn't easy, knowing what place structure a lujvo should get isn't easy, etc.

"A gift" is {lo se dunda [ku]}. "God's gift" is slightly harder to say: {lo se dunda be lo cevni [ku] [be'o] [ku]}. "The people's victory" can be translated in a number of ways, but the most straightforward would be "the event that the people win". This would make the name {nu lo prenu cu jinga}.

Other than the first one, these are all a little bit advanced, so don't fret too much if you're seeing grammar you don't know yet.

mi'e la latro'a mu'o


On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 9:29 AM, <aquarius7373@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not sure if I got that question right, I just watched the YT video on it.

I'm trying to translate Joanna into lojban.
Joanna means 'God's gift', and God is cevni cev cei. What's gift?

Also, as an example, if I use dunda as gift, would the name be ceidu'a? Wouldn't that be God giver?

On another note, my name is Nick, and Nicholas means The people's victory.
person = prenu pre
win = jinga jig ji'a
So could Nicholas be preji'a?

Thanks in advance!

(possibly)-preji'a

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