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[lojban] RE: [geofiction] Re: Felichan Kristnaskon!



>> > Lojban (lojban.org): gleki kraist donri (Lit. Happy Christ Day)
>>
>> Thanks for the Lojban translation.  I was wondering what it was!
>> But doesn't that parse to ((Happy Christ) Day), not (Happy (Christ
>> Day))?  Therefore, shouldn't it be soumething like:
>>
>> gleki donri pe kraist (Happy Day of Christ)

>Really, I think these are all pretty bad literal translations. (Not to
>mention that you can't use pe like that.)  What is meant by "Merry
>Christmas"? "Be merry about the day of christ's birth."

Notice that I didn't try to touch this one, and instead only posted my own
(Very SAE) conlang. However, I'd probably go with "a'o xamgu -Christmas" -
"hopefully, something is a good Christmas."


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