[lojban] Re: spopa

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Pierre Abbat wrote:

> In the story about Rick getting married, which is in Chapter 13 and the
> Chrestomathy, the word {spopa} occurs and is glossed as a nonexistent gismu.
> {spopa} means "hope" in Loglan, so John was actually trying to say "I really
> hope the marriage..." and got his languages mixed up. Could we translate it
> as "hofe"? "hofa"? "spoir"? Any other suggestions?


Why would you hesitate to correct it to pacna?




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