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[lojban] Re: how to say "call"?

On 11/2/08, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

> There was just a discussion on IRC about reversing circumcision.
> I quoted 1 Cor. 7:18 from memory (getting one letter wrong), then
> translated it into Lojban for the benefit of na'ebo la nitcion.,
> but got totally messed up trying to say "called". Any suggestions?
> The only sense I know how to say "called" in is te cmene.

This remembers me about another good point: 1 Cor. 7:23

"Ye were bought with a price"

Obvious translation is:

{do se vecnu fo lo jdima}

But this can be translated back also as:

"You were sold with a price"

Quite different for a native natlanger!

-- 
http://slobin.pp.ru/ `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said,
<cyril@slobin.pp.ru> `it means just what I choose it to mean'


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