[lojban] Re: comics

[Lindar <lindarthebard@yahoo.com>]

> .i mi finti lo lujvo
"I invent a lujvo."

.i mi ranju tavla fi tu'a la lindar .u'i zo'o
I persist-ish talk about that thing with Lindar (lol).
(I assume you meant ranji) You want {pu je ca'o}, I believe.

> .i lo mi pilno be zo jbosevyvajpre be'o simsa lo glico pe zoi .gy self important .gy
My -user of "jbosevyvajpre"-ish similar thing an English thing of
'self important'.
You formed a tanru here. If you had used ku/cu it would have read with
a selbri, but I think you wanted to say {.i lo se valsi be zo
jbosevyvajpre bei lo jbobau be'o ku simsa lo se valsi be zoi gy. self-
important .gy. bei lo glibau be'o ku}, which is like "The meaning of
the word 'jbosevyvajpre' is like the meaning of the word 'self-
important'.".

> .i mi cusku mu'i lo nu lo glico cu na xlarai
I express because the English-thing isn't the worst.
This is about where I lost you, so I have no suggestions here.

> .i lo nu cusku lu mi na zgana da poi glico cu xalbo bebna
Expressing "I do not observe that which is English is frivolously
foolish.
Here's where I pick up again to some degree. Pop in that end-quote and
we're good, I think. (It still parses AFAIK but it's confusing to
leave a quote dangling like that.) Also, in response, I totally agree
here. However, the language should be defined in itself, not in
English. The English definition should derive from the original
Lojban, not the other way around.

> .i va'i mi tugni
In other words, I agree.
You kinda lost me in the middle, so I'm not sure with what you're
agreeing.

.i lo jbobau cu zmadu lo glibau lo nu se valsi
Lojban is more than English being a meaning.
lo te zmadu is a ka, not a nu. Should be {.i lo jbobau ku zmadu lo
glibau lo ka valsi ce'u} or somesuch. "Lojban is more than English in
meaning.". I'm still not sure exactly what is meant here. However,
Lojban certainly does have a wider range of meanings and possible
meanings in general. That's part of the design.

> .i ku'i mi jinvi lo du'u bebna fa lo nu cusku lo du'u lo glibau cu na se tirna mi
However, I opine that the foolish thing is expressing fact English
isn't heard by me.
{mi jinvi} is stating that you opine, {pe'i} is actually indicative of
an opinion. It's like the difference between {.i .ui mi klama} and {.i
mi gleki lo nu klama}. The first one actually expresses the happiness.
Also, a selsku is a se du'u, not the predication itself. So...are you
saying that you are also foolish for disregarding English...or...?

Plenty of errors, but the important thing is that you are trying.
.i ki'e do mi ckire fi lo nu do se bangu la .lojban.

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