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nemorathwald ([personal profile] nemorathwald) wrote2004-10-08 01:57 pm

Ask me three questions.

A meme lifted from [livejournal.com profile] dawnwolf

Ask me 3 questions, no more no less. Ask me anything you want, and I will answer truthfully and fully. Then I want you to go to your journal, and copy and paste this, allowing your friends (including me) to ask you anything.

[identity profile] ded-guy.livejournal.com 2004-10-11 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Gah. Damn neophyte mistake.
2 should read as follows:
do ma se melbri
although you're free to answer the original as well if you really want to.

[identity profile] matt-arnold.livejournal.com 2004-10-12 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
2) I know this compound word "melbri" involves the prefix "mel" from "melbi (beautiful)," and the suffix "bri," from "bridi," meaning "predicate-argument relationship," or more likely you mean "sentence" or "utterance." So I interpret "melbri" to mean "beautiful-statement." The problem is, I don't know the place structure of compound words so I don't know what slots of reference to fit the other words into. Please rephrase your question using only cmavo and gismu if you don't mind. Thanks.

3) I know that "mo" means a type of pronoun that serves as a question mark by standing in place of an entire predicate-argument relationship. But I have not yet gotten around to learning the grammar of how that works, so I don't understand your question.

[identity profile] ded-guy.livejournal.com 2004-10-12 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it's entirely possible that 3 was grammatically malformed. But heck, I'm working off the glossary and examples so I don't know how to fix it right now.
As for 2, I relize that I really did mean to say "melbi" and not "melbri". Chalk that up to hasty reading.
So, care to take another shot at 2?

[identity profile] matt-arnold.livejournal.com 2004-10-14 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
2. i la julne smacu ku melbi mi
3. ni'o i mi jbopli

[identity profile] matt-arnold.livejournal.com 2004-10-15 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
You told me elsewhere that you meant something different by your third question, "what is Lojban to you." This is partially answered in a past Livejournal entry of mine.