Re: [lojban-beginners] Translation exercise - Titan atmosphere life ingredients

[Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com>]

Use a construction with {zi'o} and perhaps with {be}?

mu'o mi'e latros.

2010/10/11 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Sunday 10 October 2010 13:35:18 kfa@gmx.net wrote:
>

>> ni'oni'o .ua selcu'i lodu'u lo vacri be lo lunra be la satúrn. cu ralte lo
>> selxre be lo jmive
>
> I'd say "terzba". Life is much more than just a mixture of ingredients.

Isn't that a bit... creationistic? I suppose "terfarvi" could also be
contentious, but it agrees more with other ideas expressed in the
article.

How do we talk about the source elements of something without implying
either that it was consciously put together by someone or that it
spontaneously evolved into it?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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