From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Jan 23 16:23:53 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@erika.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_1_2); 24 Jan 2001 00:23:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 22264 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 23:47:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 23 Jan 2001 23:47:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO erika.sixgirls.org) (209.208.150.50) by mta1 with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 23:47:54 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by erika.sixgirls.org (8.11.2/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0NNlq908224 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:47:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:47:52 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Babylon 5 (TV show) In-Reply-To: <20010123173448.E16638@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 02:07:33PM -0700, EWC wrote: > > Someone recently posted a translation of the Babylon 5 (a sci-fi TV > > show) opening sequence in Loglan, so I just had to try in Lojban. Here > > it is: .i mi na ze'epu viska by. > Here's some commentary, with the original prepended for those who don't > know it: > > It was the year of fire. > > .i pu nanca co fagri .i pilno zo co ki'u ma > The year of destruction. > > .i nanca co daspo > > I'd use le nu despo for 'destruction'. .i ju'i .i zoi gy. It .gy ca'o binxo zoi gy. The .gy .ni'o pe'i zo nu na sarcu .ija dicra le ka simlu > The year we took back what was ours. > > .i nanca ca le nu mi xrube'i le selpo'e be mi > > I would _definately_ use mi'a here. .i ku'i zo mi pe le li'i ciska ku ka'e se smuni su'o le prenu > Is there a way to express a pause for thought? ki'a .i mi nelci ----- We do not like And if a cat those Rs and Ds, needed a hat? Who can't resist Free enterprise more subsidies. is there for that!