[lojban-beginners] Re: How to say "internet"

[Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Matt Arnold wrote:

> The title of a slide in my Lojban presentation reads "a thriving online 
> community" and I'd like to translate that. But oddly, jbovlaste returns 
> no matches for "internet" or "online."

skami seltcana

> So far I have {le cecmu cu 
> banro}, "The community grows," but no internet. Also I'd like to say the 
> aspect it's growing in is that of activity or busy-ness. {candonai}?

You can't build up compound words like that. If you want to build lujvo, 
you should read
http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter4.html#s5
and also chapter 12 of the reference grammar:
http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter12.html

Note that lujvo-making is somewhat of a black art, and should be deferred 
until you are absolutely certain that you need it.

For now, I suggest {to'e cando}.

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