From lojbab@lojban.org Tue May 29 18:28:57 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 30 May 2001 01:28:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 31459 invoked from network); 30 May 2001 01:28:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 May 2001 01:28:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-5.cais.net) (205.252.14.75) by mta1 with SMTP; 30 May 2001 01:28:55 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (dynamic76.cl7.cais.net [205.177.20.76]) by stmpy-5.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f4U1SrV74590 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 21:28:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010529204045.00d1cbb0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 20:53:38 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Enemy [Was: [lojban] Request for grammar clarifications In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 01:47 AM 05/29/2001 +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote: >la pycyn cusku di'e > > >On "We have me the enemy and they are us," >[...] > >"We have met the enemy and they are ours" >[...] > >It won't work in Lojban with the same economy and spelling it all out > >loses the punch. > >Well, I think I'll try it anyway: > > i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o moi > > i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri se jinga mi'o i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri se jinzi mi'o se mintu may work slightly better semantically, but doesn't have the alliteration. lojbab (pondering his property-hood) -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org