[lojban] Re: How to catch a hare?

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

--- Cyril Slobin <slobin@slobin.ran.pp.ru> wrote:
> >> How to catch a hare?                    ta'i ma kavbu lo ractu
> >> Hide youself in the bushes              i ko mipri ko vi lo demspa
> >> and produce the sound of a carrot,      i ko cmoni gau lo'e najystagi
>
> > .i xu zo gau cu srera .isemu'inaibo ko ciksi
> 
> Yes, this is weakest part of my translation. I myself feel like there is
> something wrong with {gau}. But I cannot find any better solution. Your
> suggestion?

I would have used {tai} or {tai tu'a}. 

With {gau} it says "be such that a carrot makes you groan".

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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