Re: [lojban] le dei bangu

[Cyril Slobin <slobin@ice.ru>]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Evgeni Sklyanin wrote:

> "Let the language of this phrase be our language" and tried to
> translate it like this:
>
>       e'usai lu'edei bangu ma'a

First, {dei} is phrase itself, not meaning if it, so {lu'e dei} is
wrong. Second, x1 of {bangu} is language itself. Expressed thing is
x3 of {bangu}. It should be thought, not text. So, the slogan should
be {e'usai la'edei te bangu ma'a}.

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Cyril Slobin <slobin@ice.ru>