Re: [lojban] Pokemon translation

[Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com>]

On 14 July 2012 17:44, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Saturday 14 July 2012 13:11:45 Jacob Errington wrote:
>> Indeed, and, like selpa'i said, we can then say stuff like "I caught a
>> Pikachu!" -> {mi kavbu lo piktcu uo!}.
>
> Your use of "piktcu" needs to be commented on :)

I see what you did there ;)
Yeah, I just picked a phonologically similar brivla at random,
disregarding that it be a proper lujvo.

mu'o mi'e la tsani

>
> On Saturday 14 July 2012 15:34:38 djandus wrote:
>> > > pokrjutsi: x1 is a pokemon species of type(s) x2 with evolutions/family
>> >
>> > x3
>>
>> fixed :)
>
> If you're making a lujvo, that would be "pokyjutsi"; "pokrjutsi" is a type-3
> fu'ivla. However, using "pok" as the rafsi for "pokmone" is contrary to the
> rules of the language. Some fu'ivla have a rafsi formed by deleting the last
> letter (which is necessarily a vowel), but no fu'ivla has a rafsi shorter
> than that, and "pokmon" cannot be a rafsi because it's the concatenation of
> two rafsi. I'd rather see you use "pok" as the rafsi of "pokme".
>
> Pierre
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