[lojban-beginners] Re: precise definition of cmene

[melissa@fastanimals.com]

This discussion is really interesting.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Bob Slaughter wrote:

> I think this is OK, *but* "la labrydor.rytrivyr." like any other cmene carries 
> *no* real 'meaning'. A speaker of English will recognize what you trying to do,
> but a native speaker of French won't, no more so than most of us know that
> "Mary" comes from "myrhh", and means "bitter". 

Sure; I realize that. 
  
> Look this one up, and see if it also conveys your intentions:
> 
> la dinas. gerku pisu'oroda
> 
> Realize that the second sumti is a *number*.

I'm having trouble parsing this.  I've only been studying Lojban for a few 
days.

pa re ci vo mu xa ze bi so

and how to put them together e.g. to form cixaze for 367, but pisu'oroda
is still Greek to me.

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Melissa H.
Dogmom to Deena the wonder dog
Mother to Nicholas, born 11/24/2002