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[lojban] a poem/script
Here's a script I wrote for a seltivni. Someone on that groovy
tertivni YouTube suggested I should post myself having a conversation
in Lojban. Well, I do have conversations with myself in Lojban
[se'o], but they are strange conversations [.u'i]! Usually when I am
talking to myself in Lojban, what I am saying [se'o] is mostly playing
with Lojbanic syntax. I'll say to myself: ".i mi mi tavla dei (I love
using "dei") .i mi ri tavla .i mi ri fa mi ri fa mi ri fa mi ri tavla
dei" (I'm to me I'm to me I'm to me I'm to me talking about this
sentence! But the Lojban is grammatical! [.uisai] Wee!)
So since I was asked so nicely, I wrote up a piece in this style I've
been meaning to write in. This one is named "mitAvla" -- see the pun
with mitvla? [.u'i]
mitAvla:
mi tavla
.i mi tavla do
.i mi tavla do la lojban.
.i mi tavla
.i mi tavla fi .y. ly. po'u la lojban.
.i fi la lojban. tavla fa mi
.i fa mi fe do tavla
.i fo la lojban. tavla fa mi
.i fo la lojban. tavla
.i fo la lojban. fi la lojban. fe do fa mi tavla
.i fe do fe do fi la lojban. fa mi tavla do
.i mi fi ly. no'u la lojban. fe do fo ly. tavla
.i tavla
.i tavla do
.i tavla do la lojban.
.i fo la lojban. tavla fa mi
.i fo ly. fa mi tavla
.i tavla
.i tavla fa mi
.i tavla fa mi fi la lojban.
.i fo la lojban. tavla fa mi fe do fi ly. la lojban.
And a translation:
mi tavla
I'm talking.
.i mi tavla do
I'm talking to you.
.i mi tavla do la lojban.
I'm talking to you about Lojban.
.i mi tavla
I'm talking.
.i mi tavla fi .y. ly. po'u la lojban.
I'm talking about, uh, L (meaning Lojban).
.i fi la lojban. tavla fa mi
About Lojban talking am I.
.i fa mi fe do tavla
I to you am talking.
.i fo la lojban. tavla fa mi
In Lojban talking am I.
.i fo la lojban. tavla
In Lojban talking.
.i fo la lojban. fi la lojban. fe do fa mi tavla
In Lojban, about lojban, to you I am talking.
.i fe do fe do fi la lojban. fa mi tavla do
To you, to you, about Lojban I am talking to you.
.i mi fi ly. no'u la lojban. fe do fo ly. tavla
I, about L (Lojban), to you, in L, am talking.
.i tavla
Talking.
.i tavla do
Talking to you.
.i tavla do la lojban.
Talking to you about Lojban.
.i fo la lojban. tavla fa mi
In Lojban talking am I.
.i fo ly. fa mi tavla
In L I am talking.
.i tavla
Talking.
.i tavla fa mi
I am talking.
.i tavla fa mi fi la lojban.
I am talking about Lojban.
.i fo la lojban. tavla fa mi fe do fi ly. la lojban.
In Lojban talking am I to you about L in Lojban.
Corrections & comments appreciated [.i'e.einaidai] before I make a
recording [.ai]. I'm thinking of writing out the sentence ".i mi
tavla do la lojban. la lojban." and pointing to each part as it's
reiterated. Sort of immersive [.a'inaidai] practice in place tag
grammar. Thus why I'm sharing it first to make sure I've got them all
tagged properly. :) I just added the "fi" on the second to last line,
so there's one down. :P
ki'e mi'e bret.
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