Re: Enemy [Was: [lojban] Request for grammar clarifications

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 01:47 AM 05/29/2001 +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> la pycyn cusku di'e
>
> >On "We have me the enemy and they are us,"
> [...]
> >"We have met the enemy and they are ours"
> [...]
> >It won't work in Lojban with the same economy and spelling it all out
> >loses the punch.
>
> Well, I think I'll try it anyway:
>
>   i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o moi
>
>   i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o

  i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri se jinga mi'o

  i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri se jinzi mi'o

se mintu may work slightly better semantically, but doesn't have the 
alliteration.

lojbab (pondering his property-hood)
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