Subject: Re: [lojban] How would you translate this?

From: Jordan DeLong <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:46:03 -0500

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 03:51:35PM -0400, Alex Gontmakher wrote:
> Remember the Lord of the Rings, when the party wants to enter Moria, it 
> is written there "Speak, friend, and enter" (which, as it turns out, 
> means: speak "friend" and then enter).
> 
> How could that be translated to lojban? Or should we make comments 
> describing the ambiguity of the sentence in the natural language.

Tanru!

ko pendo cuksu

One can interpret this in a number of ways, the two cinri of which are
- express friendship (say "friend")
- be a friendly talker (friend, say zo'e)

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Jordan DeLong
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