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Re: [lojban] la snime blabi



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On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:59 AM, selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 23.07.2012 15:48, schrieb Michael Turniansky:
"lu doi ga'i nai noltruni'u do vi mlerai
.i ku'i la snime blabi ne ti'a lo cmana
zi'e ne bu'u lo ze torcrida
cu mlemau fo lo pilji be li ki'o"

  How could the queen be at the same time most beautiful and Snow White yet more beautiful?  (Well, of course, the answer is dependent on what the se mlerai is.  If we presume it was the same as the queen's question (lo ro se gugde), the Snow White must perforce not be in that set, so she is not a member of that country's peoples. ;-) )  (Actually, the more accurate response would be "...do vi mlerai da'a lo se go'i....", but I'm not inclined to split hairs (yeah, right!)

.u'i. That would destroy the effect the original has. They are obviously not in the same set. The mirror knows this and says "You are the prettiest of the people around here (implicit), but Snow White exceeds you". The mirror uses two sets because it is necessary to distinguish or else it loses the effect / parallelism to the original.

lo jbogu'e cu jai bu'u ta'e ralci tcila lanli .i mi na se spaji


  But, actually, I don't think I've ever seen an (English) version of the story where the mirror's response at this point in the story is that the queen is the fairest/prettiest.  Usually that she is fair, but Snow is fairer by far.  So even those authors recognize the mirror can't use the superlative regarding the queen.

        --gejyspa

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