[lojban] Re: Sufi story (as promised)

[C.D.Wright@solipsys.compulink.co.uk]

From: C.D.Wright@solipsys.compulink.co.uk

jorge wrote:

>> pruxrsufi ctulisri
>>
>> puzuvu pinfu .iria'gi le canko pe le pifzdani cu jakcai gi le pinfu
>> goi ko'a visku fu'inai .i le xasli di'i mo'izo'a zdabartu cadzu .i le
>> ko'a so'iroi visku le stedu ce'o le betfu ce'o le rebla .ijebabo ko'a
>> lausku lu .ua mi jimpe .i le xasli cu rinka le stedu li'u


> i mi na jimpe le logji pe le pinfu i pau py facki le du'u le xasli
> le stedu cu rinka gi'i se rinka


OK, here I go again ...


-> pruxrsufi ctulisri

I'm lost on "pruxrsufi".  How does it break up?
-> ctulisri   +teach+story
I assume this is a parable.  I haven't paid close attention
recently, but that agrees with my vague memories of what I've
seen not so long ago.


-> puzuvu pinfu 
Long ago, and far away ... prisoner.
Pardon?


-> ria'gi le canko pe le pifzdani cu jakcai
   gi le pinfu goi ko'a visku fu'inai 

This gets rejected by the parser, and I can't really make
a start on how to break it down.  I am reminded of the fact
that I am still a beginner.  "gi"  seems to confuse me a lot,
as does any syntax or grammatical error ...


-> le xasli di'i mo'izo'a zdabartu cadzu 
    le         the described
    xasli      donkey
      di'i       regularly
        mo'i       space motion
        zo'a       tangential to
      zdabartu   +nest+out
      cadzu      walk

The donkey regularly walks around its stable.
??


-> le ko'a so'iroi visku le stedu ce'o le betfu ce'o le rebla 

I couldn't get the parser to accept that, it was confused
by the "ce'o".  Removing them gives ...

    le         the described
      ko'a       it-1
          so'i       many
          roi        quantified tense
        visku      +?
    le         the described
    stedu      head

I guess you mean viska ... but I can't see where your brivla
is in this sentence ...



-> jebabo ko'a lausku lu .ua mi jimpe 
I can't make sense of this at all ...


-> le xasli cu rinka le stedu li'u 
The donkey causes the head what?



la kolin.

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