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Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: mi kakne lo bajra
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:13 PM, .alyn.post.
<alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org> wrote:
>
> "I would like to give you this personality test", said the outsider,
> "because I want you to be happy."
>
> Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the
> toaster, saying: "I wish the toaster to be happy, too."
Drescher seems to think that "give test to someone/something" is
equivalent to "put test into someone/something". The joke wouldn't
work in Lojban very well, because I don't think you would say "dunda
lo cipra".
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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