[lojban-beginners] Re: Hawk and eagle

[Sunnan <sunnan@handgranat.org>]

On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 15:32 +0300, Yanis Batura wrote:
> I cannot agree with such a translation, since it, firstly, doesn't reflect the meaning of the call signs.

Are the characters birds? Lojbanistas probably wouldn't choose those
particular call signs.

> Secondly, {mi damba jinga lo dinju} means "We fightingly win a building as a prize".
> I'd rather say {mi mo'u lebna le zdani} instead.

Agree that lebna is better (I was hurrying through the gismu list
because I wanted to reply fast -- the main point of my message was the
names) but disagree about zdani. zdani means home!

> And thirdly, {je'e mi'e xok.} means "Acknowledged, this is Hawk", which is wrong in this context.

I adressed this in my second mail on the topic.
In short, I thought you really meant "Acknowledged, this is Hawk".