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[lojban] Re: days of week



On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 3:29 PM, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't think there is a unified usage. I prefer the
> > lurdei-fagdei-jaurdei-mudydei-jimdei-derdei-soldei system.
>
> Hmm. I hope we don't end up like Chinese, which has three separate
> systems for naming weekdays (that differ in register).
>
> What are those lujvo based on?

There are basically two systems used across languages: planetary and
numerical. Numerical would be the natural choice for Lojban if there
was agreement as to where to start counting, but some languages
start with Monday, some with Sunday, some with Saturday. So using
a numerical system makes it easy for speakers of some languages,
neutral for speakers of languages that use the planetary system, and
very confusing for speakers with a shifted system.

The panetary system takes slightly more effort to learn for everybody,
but it should not be confusing for anybody.

lurdei - Moon day
fagdei - fire(-planet) (Mars) day
jaurdei - water(-planet) (Mercury) day
mudydei - wood(-planet) (Jupiter) day
jimdei -metal(-planet) (Venus) day
derdei - earth(-planet) (Saturn) day
soldei - Sun day

In <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_the_week> there is a nice table showing
which languages use which system.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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