[lojban-beginners] Re: le pelxu ni'ablo -- The Yellow Submarine

[HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com>]

Sorry for this very-very late answer.

 

> "co'agi'e" should be "co'argi'e"  or it breaks down into cmavo cluster
> co'a gi'e.

 

Right, right.

 

> Also, "friliji'e"  makes no sense.  You meant either
> frilyji'e or filji'e.

 

{frilyji'e}, naturally.

 

> "xascrino" should be "xasycrino"

 

Doh... >_<

You're right, of course. But that's too much syllables.
 

> As for "ma'a ca..." etc. I don't think it says quite what you want it to say.

 

"Now we..." - what's wrong with that?

> "zo'e" may basically always be left out without changing the meaning at
> all.

 

Of course. It may. But I wanted the rhyme to rhyme. :)

> I think that .i naku da zo'u ma'a ca frilyji'e gi'e cautcu da may
> be closer to what you want (it is not so that there is an X such that we
> easy-live and lack X), but I'm not quite sure that's correct either.

 

It is (well, as far as I can determine...), and it's a good translation.

Only it's not applicable for the song.

> I'm not certain it positively asserts that we in fact DO live a life of
> ease...

 

Oh. It doesn't. But why not

{ma'a ca frilyji'e i naku da zo'u ma'a cautcu da}?

 

mu'o mi'e darves