[lojban-beginners] Re: Does this mean what I think it means?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 05:37:56PM -0500, Ronald Guida wrote:
> I read the following short conversation on the main Lojban list:

These were two seperate conversations.

> (Person A) lo lijda prenu cu je'a carmi mabla
> (Person B) za'a lo du'u go'i cu te lijda do
> (Person A) a'o : le balvi cu to'e mabla .I o'a cai ko prami ko
> (Person C) xu do CNIno.i xu do ZVAti la'o.py. irc://irc.freenode.net 
> #lojban .py. .i mi NELci do .ui.u'i
> 
> Here is what I think they said:
> 
> (Person A) Religious people are indeed extremely derogatory!

More like "brightly derogatory expression"; carmi there doesn't make
much sense, and it really should be {se mabla}; the x1 of mabla is
the swear word, the x2 is the thing you're swearing at.

> (Person B) I see you religiously believe that.

*ond*

> (Person A) [Hope] The future is commendatory.  

See comments on mabla above.

> Love yourself with overwhelming pride!

Not quite; more like "I have overwhelming pride; love yourself!"

> (Person C) Are you new?  Are you on irc://irc.freenode.net
> #lojban?  I like you :-) [amused].

Add [happiness] to the end there and you're fine.

The fact that you had trouble with Person A, by the way, is not
something you should take as *your* problem.

-Robin

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