Here is the Jeeg and Talen story, prepared as a glossed vernacular for Rosetta. Let me know if there's anything more to do before I upload it. phma To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/Title: Jeeg and Talen
Mi pa vetfa levi ja cmima stuci jo.
To ba pa gandi. I ne le tora pa nu namci li Djig lu. Ice le norsa pa nu namci li Talen lu. I le gandi pia traci lo Rara gi duo be ji lepo lo gandi pa traci. I do durdu cansivdu. I la Djig cutse li Nu jimta Talen lu. I levi po jimta pa fu stari la Talen gi numoi lepo da djano lepo da bisti djimi la Djig gi nanobi. Imoi da kuncu li Ue ei tu sui rardjano lu.
Nau eu la Talen fea rardjano kie tiu nu snola lepo da nu plipu li sui lu kiu. Isoa kia no da cnida lepo kuncu gi nusoa lepo da bisti djano le nu retcu.
| Mi | pa vetfa | levi | ja | cmima | stuci | jo. |
| mi | pu finti | levi | fu'epe'a | zdile | lisri | fu'o |
| I | invented | this | (figurative) | funny | story |
| To | ba | pa | gandi. | I | ne | le | tora | pa | nu | namci | li Djig lu. | Ice | le | norsa | pa | nu | namci | li Talen lu. | |
| ni'o | re | da | pu | cevni | .i | pa | le | remei | pu | se | cmene | zo .djig. | .ije | le | drata | pu | se | cmene | zo .talen. |
| Two | things | were | gods. | One of | the | two | was | named | "Jeeg", | and | the | other | was | named | "Talen". | ||||
| I | le | gandi | pia | traci | lo | Rara | gi duo | be ji | lepo | lo | gandi | pa traci. | I | do | durdu | cansivdu. |
| .i | le | cevni | puca'o | litru | le | kensa | ta'i de | poi | nu | lo'e | cevni | pu litru | .i | ra | simxu | cunpe'i |
| The | gods | were | traveling | the | universe | by the method | that | the typical | god | traveled. | They | mutually | met at random. | |||
| I | la Djig | cutse | li | Nu jimta | Talen | lu. | I | le vi | po | jimta | pa | fu stari | la Talen | gi numoi | |
| .i | la djig. | cusku | lu | doi talen. | rinsa ko | li'u | .i | di'u noi | nu | rinsa | kei | pu | spaji | la talen. | mu'i |
| Jeeg | said, | " | Be greeted, | Talen.* | " | This | greeting | surprised | Talen | because | |||||
| lepo | da | djano | lepo | da bisti | djimi | la Djig | gi | nano | bi. | Imoi | da | kuncu | li | Ue | ei | tu | sui | rardjano | lu. |
| lenu | ri | djuno | ledu'u | purci | penmi | la djig. | ca | no | di | .isemu'ibo | ra | retsku | lu | .ue | xu | do | ji'a | roldjuno | li'u |
| he | knew | that | he previously | met | Jeeg | at | no | time. | So | he | asked, | " | Aha! | Are | you | also | omniscient? | " |
| Nau | eu | la Talen | fea | rardjano | kie | tiu | nu snola | lepo | da | nu plipu | li sui lu | kiu. |
| ni'o | da'i | la talen | ca'a | roldjuno | to | di'u | se nibli | lenu | ri | pilno | zo ji'a | toi |
| Were | Talen | really | omniscient | ( | this | is implied by | that | he | uses | "also" | ) |
| Isoa | kia | no | da cnida | lepo | kuncu | gi nu soa | lepo | da | bisti | djano | le | nu retcu. |
| .iseni'ibo | ra | na | nitcu | lenu | retsku | ni'i | lenu | ra | ba'o | djuno | le | danfu |
| therefore | he | doesn't | need | to | ask | because | he | already | knows | the | answer. | |
*Lojban word order: O Talen, greet you!
mi pu finti le di'e fu'e pe'a zdile lisri fu'o
ni'o lei re cevni zo'u zo .djig. fa'u zo .talen. cmene .i cy. ca'o litru le kensa tai lo'e nu lo'e cevni cu litru .i cy. cunpe'i simxu i la djig. cusku lu coi .talen. li'u i le nu rinsa cu spaji la talen. noi ke'a djuno le du'u ke'a noroi pu penmi la djig .i semu'ibo ty. preti cusku lu .ue xu do ji'a roldjuno li'u
ni'o ro mu'ei le du'u la talen. ca'a roldjuno kei noi le nu ty. pilno zo ji'a cu stidi nibli ke'a cu na nitcu le nu preti cusku kei ki'u le nu ty. djuno le danfu
I have invented this "amusing story" [horror quotes]
There were two gods. One of the two was named Jeeg, the other Talen. And the two of them were travelling about in the Cosmos in whatever manner it is that gods travel and they happened to run into each other. Jeeg said, "Hail, Talen." Now this greeting rather surprised Talen because he knew that he had never met Jeeg before. So he asked, "Oh, are you omniscient too?"
If Talen were really omniscient (as he implies by his use of "also") then he wouldn't need to ask, because he'd already know the answer.