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Re: [lojban] Lojban puzzles



.i ko'a ro da citka
.i go'i loi cipni .e loi mabru .e loi tricu .e loi xrula
.i batci lo trise .e lo gasta
.i zalvi lo jdari rokci da
.i catra loi nolraitru .i se fesygau loi tcadu
.i rapyda'i loi glatu cmana ja'e lo dizlo

.i ko'a mo

source: http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/unit/hobbit/ch/riddles.html

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Paul Predkiewicz <paul.predkiewicz@gmail.com> wrote:
Then how about something similar to what can be read in the little hobbit?
As far as i can remember there were a couple of puzzles...something
like what has roots reaching deep into the earth blabla and the answer
was a mountain or something... i can't really remember

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:
> "dries" in the sense of {sudgau} instead of in the sense of {sudbi'o}. The
> whole puzzle in English is based on {sudgau} and {sudbi'o} being the same
> word.
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> So in English, the answer could be "a towel"?
>>
>> .i do'e lo glibau se danfu ju'o cu'i xu lo krebu'u .i .ua nai ru'e
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think there have been word-play puzzles in Lojban, but I don't know any
>>> off the top of my head and I do know they're rather more difficult to make
>>> than they are in English.
>>>
>>> But, yes, the Lojban of this particular puzzle is not a puzzle at all,
>>> because of the nature of Lojban itself.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:57 AM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Doesn't all this ruin the puzzle?  Or is that the point: pun riddles are
>>>> nigh impossible in Lojban?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Muhammad Nael <muhammad.nael@gmail.com>
>>>> To: lojban@googlegroups.com
>>>> Sent: Wed, June 22, 2011 10:25:05 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban puzzles
>>>>
>>>> That was it... I'm perfectly good with Lojban grammar, but my vocab is
>>>> still very small.
>>>> BTW, I sent you a mail.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
>>> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )
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