[lojban] Re: Lojban Kids' Show/Comic

[kozmikreis <mrpauw@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Pierre, these little anecdote snippets are good to write into
plots.

For an adult genre, I vote for a sci-fi murder mystery romance action
adventure, but I'm not that fussy tbh :-)

kozmikreis

On Feb 14, 3:18 pm, Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> I'm not good at coming up with whole plots, but here are some ideas for
> subplots:
>
> Guy and Kampacn go to the zoo. They see an enclosure labeled "smani", another
> labeled "cinfo", and one labeled "cionmau". Guy looks at his word list and
> doesn't find "cionmau". Kampacn explains that it's a Chinese fu'ivla, and that
> it's also called "latcribe", which is the translation.
>
> The problem with this is that a zoo with big animals is implausible in a space
> habitat of that size. Maybe they could see lo .arxokuna instead (also called
> lumge'u). If there is a zoo, it's more likely in one of the agricultural
> strips, rather than the urban strip. There may be room for lo kixsmani ja
> cinfysmani in the station.
>
> They meet a man on the street. Guy, putting together some phrases he's
> learned, greets him with "coi mi'e .gais. doi ma?". The man answers "mi'e
> .miatav." Guy doesn't understand, as he's never heard of such a name before,
> and isn't used to his accent. Kampacn helps out, and Guy finally gets the name
> right.
>
> This is based on an incident in my life. I was visiting Portugal with a church
> group, and someone stopped by. I asked him "C mo se chama voc ?". He answered
> "Delfim", but I didn't recognize that as a name, and with his missing teeth I
> wasn't sure I heard him right. Our hostess talked with him and got his name
> right.
>
> Pierre
> --
> loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji

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