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(From Lognet 91/3. Back translation from Lognet 91/4. Used with the permission of The Loglan Institute, Inc..)
Lo Nurvia Logla
(Visible Loglan = Loglan Text)
The visible Loglan is an original composition by one of our logli.
In studying this passage, remember that it was written by one of yourselves and that you might choose to use different words or grammatical forms to convey the same ideas. Perhaps you will think your choices superior to the author's.
Lo Logla Plipursei
Mi tsodi lopo dricia.
I lopo dricia ga puncko;
Ice mi tsodi lo puntu.
I na lepo mi setfa le purda lemi smina guo,
De vijbangoi lia lepo le perla ga clidyfea sau le bitse je lomi cetlo dedjo.
I kanoi ri vidre ga koerdjicea duo su versa, a su fu tradui,
Ki tie lepo no trati gu da nitmao da vi lemi smina
Lia le bilgra snedua ja nu madzo ba le bilgro djula
I lepo takrulsei cirna ga fasru.
Ibuo lepo plipursei cirna ga nardu.
I uo mi ia tsodi lopo dricia.
Translation
Lo Logla Plipursei
Loglan Vocabulary
by James Jennings
- Mi tsodi lopo dricia.
I hate memorization.
- I lopo dricia ga puncko;
Memorization is painful.
- Ice mi tsodi lo puntu.
And I hate pain.
- I na lepo mi setfa le purda lemi smina guo,
When I place a word in my mind
- De vijbangoi lia lepo le perla ga clidyfea sau le bitse je lomi cetlo dedjo.
it disappears like a pearl slipping from between my wet fingers.
- I kanoi ri vidre ga koerdjicea duo su versa, a su fu tradui,
If ideas are strung together in the manner of poems and proofs
- Ki tie lepo no trati gu da nitmao da vi lemi smina
then with no effort they arrange themselves in my mind
- Lia le bilgra snedua ja nu madzo ba le bilgro djula
like a wonderful necklace made of the finest jewels.
- I lepo takrulsei cirna ga fasru.
The grammar learning is easy.
- Ibuo lepo plipursei cirna ga nardu.
But the vocabulary learning is hard.
- I uo mi ia tsodi lopo dricia.
Certainly! I hate memorization.
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