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Re: [lojban] Bell the Cat
On Saturday 19 February 2011 12:05:24 Jerome wrote:
> Hi Pierre,
>
> PA> lo nu casnu zo'u lo kumfa cu culno ca'o lo vanci .i lo nu gasnu zo'u
> ro prenu lo kumfa cu canci
>
> Please bear with me as I'm a complete beginner in Lojban and I have some
> trouble understanding your message, I would be very grateful if you could
> help translating it for me.
>
> Here is what I could get for the first sentence :
>
> lo nu casnu zo'u lo
> kumfa cu culno ca'o lo
> vanci An event-of discuss about : a
> room is full with [continuative] an
> evening
>
> Honestly, I could hardly make sense of this sentence, can you please help?
>
> As for the second sentence :
>
>
> .i lo nu gasnu zo'u ro
> prenu lo kumfa cu canci An
> event-of do : all persons a room
> disappear
>
> It doesn't make much sense for me either.
>
> It looks like I got something wrong, please help! :)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> mu'o mi'e jexom.
When it comes to discussing, the room is full all evening; when it comes to
doing, everyone leaves the room. Or, from the French: Must they deliberate,
the court teems with counselors; must they execute, there's no one left.
The scene is a group of mice who have assembled to discuss a cat who has been
threatening them. They discuss various proposals, one of which is to put a
bell on the cat so that they can hear him coming. They agree that the cat
should be belled. "Okay," says the chairmouse, "who's going to bell the cat?"
And everyone leaves.
Pierre
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