[lojban-beginners] Re: POM: the Princess puts her foot down

[Cortesi <dcortesi@mindspring.com>]

On Jan 23, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:

> > ti ru'u tutra lei ri'opre
> >
> > SUPER: These are Green Man lands
>
> Is "Green Man" a name?

It's a racial designation. Burroughs' Barsoom is home to two races,  
the Green Martians -- 12-foot-tall, green-skinned, primitive nomads  
-- and the Red Martians, who are highly civilized humanoids.

I'm expecting to use:

{lei ri'opre}  the mass of individuals described as Green Persons

{le ri'onakne} the green man (using generic male, since he isn't  
humanoid)

{le ri'ofetsi} the green woman (fetsi ditto)

{lei xunpre} the mass of individuals described as Red Persons

{le xunynau} the red man (nanmu because he is humanoid)

{le xunyni'u} the red woman (ninmu ditto)

When in the next scene, a party of {le ri'osonci} comes over a  
hilltop and discover John Carter, one says:   {ua xunpre} "Whoa! A  
Red One!"

Dave Cortesi