From jjllambias@hotmail.com Thu Jul 26 16:43:26 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 26 Jul 2001 23:43:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 87061 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2001 23:43:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 26 Jul 2001 23:43:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.240.75) by mta3 with SMTP; 26 Jul 2001 23:43:25 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:43:24 -0700 Received: from 200.41.247.32 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:43:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.247.32] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] love at first sight.. Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:43:23 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jul 2001 23:43:24.0233 (UTC) FILETIME=[C29A0390:01C1162C] From: "Jorge Llambias" >a: ju'i {trying to say "excuse me..."} >b: je'e {"yes?"/acknowlegement} Very nice. > .i ma do nilsau {trying to say "how old are you?"} i do ma nanca >b: tu'a mi nanca li rebi {the phrasebook said this is bad translation?} Not bad, just unnecessarily clumsy in my opinion. >a: .a'u >b: mi pensi lenu do melbi That's "I'm pondering your beauty", which may or may not be what you meant to say. {mi jinvi le du'u do melbi} is the more banal "I think you're pretty". mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp