[lojban] Re: [lojban-beginners] Silly things to say in Lojban

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 12 February 2008 15:24, Michael Turniansky wrote:
> .i da mi no spisa be la daminospitsas cu setese dunda
> (Someone gave me no pieces of Domino's(R) Pizza)
>
> .i gerna fi lu ganra grana garna li'u
> ("A broad-stick railing" is grammatical)

I had to look that up, as usually we say "gendra" to say that a phrase is 
grammatical. The distinction is that "gerna fi do'i" means that there is a 
grammar that governs do'i, whereas "do'i gerna" means that do'i is correct 
according to the grammar.

> .i le tilju xarju noi rinju xabju lo  ralju konju bo kamju poi midju
> lo bidju briju  bo dinju cu sidju fi tu'a lo narju tsiju vanju
> (The heavy pig, which is constrained to reside at the principal
> conical pillar that is at the center of the beaded office building,
> helps out with the orange-colored-seed wine.)
> (Anybody but me notice how many Jews...errrr.. "ju"'s there are in the
> gismu list?)

.i vajni ke vanju jivna javni
(Important to cottabists, that is.)

.i cire cilce carce jarco ce'e reci cilce carce cu jarco .i cire cilce carce 
jarco cu jarco reci cilce carce .ije'i reci cilce carce cu se jarco cire 
cilce carce jarco

.i le nakni bakni cu bunre xunre

.i mi jgari le jdari jbari

mu'omi'e .pier.


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