Re: [lojban] Re: Hello

[robin <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

robin wrote:
> Mr Ekted wrote:
>
> > I am new to lojban (maybe 8-10 hours of reading up on it). I find the 
> > concepts fascinating, particularly since I have been unhappy with all 
> > the stupidity of the English language all my life (conjugation, 
> > homonyms, silent letters, strict parts-of-speech, almost built-in 
> > ambiguity, etc.) So i just wanted to post to say hello, and make sure 
> > this is the right place for brand new lojbanites.
>
>
> It is, although there is also a lojban-beginners list, which would be a 
> good place to post basic questions (some of the discussion on this list 
> can get very technical!).
>
> > mi rinsa le cmima  (is that right?)
>
>
> That says "I greet the member", which is perhaps what one of us might 
> say to you.  If you want to greet a group which you are joining, you 
> could say "mi rinsa rodo" ("I greet all-of-you") but it would be more 
> normal just to say "coi rodo" - "Hello everyone!"
>
> Incidentally, I note that "rinsa" has "the arrival of" before x2, so 
> perhaps it would be inappropriate to say when it is you who are arriving.

Erratum: Looking at it again, I see you were saying "I greet the members 
(of the Lojban list).  In that case, you could say "mi rinsa _lei_ 
cmima", since you are greeting us collectively , rather than greeting 
each one of us in turn (unless you count an e-mail to a list as a large 
number of individual e-mails, I suppose).

robin.tr

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Robin Turner
IDMYO
Bilkent Univeritesi
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Turkey

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