Re: [lojban] Where were you when the earth was made? (Job 38)

[Pierre Abbat <phma@oltronics.net>]

On Saturday 01 December 2001 14:01, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> la pier cusku di'e
>
> >ni'o do zvati ma ca le terdi krazba?     .i ko cusku le se jimpe
>
> {le terdi krazba} is the earth creator. Maybe {ca le nu terdi krazba},
> but that might suggest that Job was the one creating. So maybe
> {ca le nu mi terdi krazba} or {ca le nu le terdi cu se krazba}.

Ok, {ca lenu mi terdi krazba}.

> >.i mi cusku lu ko fe'epu'o klama         gi'enai vy pagre
>
> {gi'enai vy pagre} is ungramatical, it has to be {gi'enai pagre vy}.

That doesn't scan. Any better ideas?

> {pu'o klama} is "about to go", it refers to the time when
> preparations for going are being made. What is the space
> equivalent of that?

I meant {fe'eba'o} - you can go only so far and cannot pass the doors.

phma