[lojban] Re: Tangent: Is there a better grammar?

[tijlan <jbotijlan@googlemail.com>]

On Apr 7, 7:47 am, Oren <get.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the author
> claims length is "comparable to english" where I always thought that lojban
> was briefer than English.

Sometimes it's briefer:

 I think that what you are about to see is the single most painful
thing that can happen to a man.
 pe'i lo pu'o selvi'a be do cu pamei traji seldu'u lo'e remna

Sometimes it isn't:

 The man I had asked paid the kid £175 to buy Wii.
 le nanmu poi mi fi ke'a pupu cpedu cu pu dunda fi le verba fe lo
ru'urgubupo be li pazemu tezu'e lo nu vy te vecnu la'o gy Wii  gy

mu'o mi'e tijlan

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