[lojban] Re: "Tintin - L'Ile Noire" in Lojban, next step. I need your help!

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net> wrote:
> 
> I think {malda'u} is "beast" rather than "monster". How about {cizda'u}?

OK.

> {besydi'u} I'm not sure what is. A building which is owned by a son? 
> {fesydi'u} could mean "a building where waste is stored"; I'm not sure which 
> meaning is more useful, or more common. {balzda} pe'i is "palace" or 
> "mansion"; I'd use {badzda} for "castle".

OK.

> > > 11.
> > > la tintin: ju'i i xu do zanru lo nu zasyve'u le bloti mi
> > > le vomoi nanmu: go'i i ku'i xu do se slabu lo nu sazri by ta'i makau
> >
> > How do we say "at least", as in "do you know at least how it works"?
> 
> {po'ocu'i}?

It certainly belongs with the po'o/ji'a group. (Unfortunatley, these 
are hard to use because they attach to what precedes instead of 
what follows.) I'll think about {po'ocu'i}, it seems like it could 
be it. 

Interestingly, "at most" seems to be negative, unlike "at least".

ki'e mi'e xorxes


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