fun pun?

[djandus]

In teaching my class, a fun exchange was made while covering {be} and {mo}

I first asked Henry how he liked me:

doi .enrin. do mo nelci mi

To which he responded

mutce

Then I took things further

Me: mi mo gletu le mamta be do ku

 H: cmalu .a'o

Where he intended "Not much, I hope."

The fun pun part comes when we thought about applying {cmalu} to describing {le gasnu poi gletu zi'e po'u lo pinji}

My question: Does this really work as a Lojban pun? If so, awesome! If not, why?

mu'o mi'e djos

[Ian Johnson]

I find it to be a stretch, since {milxe} is so much more appropriate for the first meaning than {cmalu}.

.i ku'i .u'i .i .a'o cilre lo drata lo nu do ctuca fo la lojban .i mu'o mi'e latros

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[Ian Johnson]

Eh, {milxe} is troubling too, I guess. I suppose just {to'e cafne} is about the only one that is clear.

Incidentally, I should say that the second sense does make a degree of sense.

mu'o mi'e latros .i .u'u mi co'e li re

[Luke Bergen]

Or something like {noroi}

[djandus]

On Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:15:16 AM UTC-5, pafcribe wrote:

Or something like {noroi}

Wait, can you do that if it's not a tense question?

[Luke Bergen]

hmmm, I think I was confusing the grammars of {roi} and {mei}.  He could always reply back with {me noroi}.  I'm not sure if answers {mo} MUST be brivla or if they can be things like tenses/tags/etc...

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[Ian Johnson]

It "should" be any selbri; in principle it can be whatever you want, however (as can any answer to any question.)

mu'o mi'e latros

[Michael Turniansky]

Too bad they haven't learned "na'i" yet..
--gejyspa