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

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Cyril Slobin <cyril@slobin.pp.ru> wrote:
>
> 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!

It seems that the difference is whether the focus is on the buyer or the seller:
"You were bought with a price":"Someone bought you with a price"
"You were sold with a price":"Someone sold you with a pice"

So in Lojban one could perhaps say:

do se vecnu da fo lo jdima
You were sold by someone for a price

do se vecnu fi da fo lo jdima
You were bought by someone for a price

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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