milxe cunso jufra

[djandus]

coi rodo

.i mi zbasu re jufra

.i lo rozgu poi frica valsi ke'a cu sumne co dunli zo'e lo ka titla

.i lo rozgu cu na du ja dunli sumne

.i pe'u ko karbi je cusku be lo preti ja pinka

ba ki'e

mu'o mi'e djandus

[Pierre Abbat]

On Friday 23 September 2011 12:42:32 djandus wrote:
> coi rodo
>
> .i mi zbasu re jufra
>
> .i lo rozgu poi frica valsi ke'a cu sumne co dunli zo'e lo ka titla

.i di'u cunso .inaja lo cimni smani cu batkyci'a zo'o

mu'omi'e .pier.
--
gau do li'i co'e kei do

[djandus]

On Friday, September 23, 2011 11:51:58 AM UTC-5, Pierre Abbat wrote:

.i di'u cunso .inaja lo cimni smani cu batkyci'a zo'o

.u'isai mi na pensi di'u

(is this a good way of saying what I want? Can you tell what I want to say?)

--
gau do li'i co'e kei do

.i ma smuni di'u

mu'o mi'e djandus.

[Pierre Abbat]

On Friday 23 September 2011 18:33:19 djandus wrote:
> On Friday, September 23, 2011 11:51:58 AM UTC-5, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > .i di'u cunso .inaja lo cimni smani cu batkyci'a zo'o
>
> .u'isai mi na pensi di'u
> (is this a good way of saying what I want? Can you tell what I want to
> say?)

Did you mean "panci" or "sumne"? I think "panci" is better, since it has a
place for both the object and its smell.

> > --
> > gau do li'i co'e kei do
>
> .i ma smuni di'u

It's my attempt at translating "You did it to yourself", the motto of
Hackerspace Charlotte.

Pierre
--
sei do'anai mi'a djuno puze'e noroi nalselganse srera

[Michael Turniansky]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM, djandus <jan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> coi rodo
> .i mi zbasu re jufra
> .i lo rozgu poi frica valsi ke'a cu sumne co dunli zo'e lo ka titla

There is a major problem here, which is that "sumne" is something
that senses by smelling, not something that gives off a smell.
Something that gives off a smell is a se sumne (which is perceived by
something) or a se panci (which has a quality).

I'd be more inclined to write
lo rozgu poi se cmene lo drata [A rose which is called by another
name] cu se panci lo titla [has the scent of a sweet thing].
And to be even more precise, I'd say:
lo rozgu poi da'i se cmene lo cnino cu stodi lo ka se panci lo
titla [a rose which is hypothetically named something new continues to
have the quality of smelling sweet]

--gejyspa