[lojban] Re: lo nu mi senva

["Michael Turniansky" <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:59 AM, komfo,amonan <komfoamonan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:27 AM, james riley <jimr1603@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > xrani mi lo ka cinmo .i lo nu terpa cu mukti lo nu mi mi fukpi gau mi .i
>>>
>>> I'm not really a jbocre myself, but "ka" doesn't sound quite right
>>> here. I'd say either {cinmo xrani} or maybe {tu'a cinmo}.
>>
>> x3 of {xrani} is defined as a property (ka).
>
> Yes, my concern is that {cinmo} in this context isn't really a ka.
>

   True.  I'd have to agree with Chris here.   "ny xrani mi lo ka
cinmo" means (to me) that "N injures my  (capability of ?  capacity of
?)  feeling", rather than "N injures me emotionally."  In addition to
Chris' suggestion, what about "ny xrani mi .iiro'i"?

> .i ku'i lo mi fukpi goi fy na [satci] fukpi mu'i lonu terpa lonu cortu

  First, the "na" should be "na'e" because you really want to say "My
copy was an other-than-perfect copy, because of (its) fear of pain."
As it stands, you have " It is not true that my copy was a perfect
copy because of (its) fear of pain."  Which means that it could be a
perfect copy, for some other reason.  Also,  mu'i isn't the right
causal here.  It's not motivated to be an imperfect copy (or is it?) ,
but rather it's an explanation for the imperfection (if I understand
your intent).  Hence, either ki'u or perhaps seja'e.

> i lo nu mi pensi cu krinu lo nu mi badri .i se ki'u bo no ninmu cu prami mi

     Are you really asserting that the fact that (thinking about this
makes you sad) is the reason that no woman loves you? There are two
problems here.  One is that the "seki'ubo" should be  "ki'ubo" (No
woman loves you is the reason you are sad, not justified by it.  Or is
it?).  And second, you want "no ninmu cu prami mi" to be only the
reason for the sub bridi, not the whole bridi.  I suggest: "lo nu mi
pensi cu krinu lo nu mi badri ki'u lo no ninmu cu prami mi"

>>> > .i ni'o fi la cizra pu preti mi fa lo du'u lo mo ninmu cu mi nelci
>>>
>>> Also, I think you might have meant {fe la cizra}. And I'm not sure
>>> what exactly you mean by {mo}--who? what sort?
>>
>> {lo du'u lo mo ninmu mi cu nelci} -- switch {mi} and {cu} to fix it. Also,
>


> > .i tu'a mi tumla lo nu mi na nelci lo ninmu kei mu'i lo nu terpa lo nu cortu
> I'm guessing {tumla} is a typo for something here, but I don't know what.

  Clearly, for "cumla".  Well, maybe someday he'll land a girl ;-)

           --gejyspa


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