Le mercredi 28 décembre 2022 à 16 h 28 min 49 s UTC+3, yanni...@gmail.com a écrit :
dear Lojban speakers,
I'm writing a book on Natural Language Processing, in which I frequently refer to Lojban.
At some point I'm comparing the number of morphological markers in various languages: I take the sentence “The beautiful little dancer” (meaning a female dancer) and I count the feminine-specific morphemes, for example in French: l*a* be*lle* petit*e* danseu*se* (four non-empty morphemes), in German d*ie* schöne kleine Tänzer*in* (two morphemes), etc.
In order to give a Lojban example, could you please provide me with the sentence translated into Lojban, twice: first meaning a male dancer and then meaning a female dancer (if there are any differences).
le pa cmalu je melbi dansu - the small-and-beautiful dancer
le pa cmalu je melbi dansu - the small-and-beautiful dancer
le pa cmalu je melbi dansu noi ninmu - the small-and-beautiful dancer which is a woman
le pa cmalu je melbi dansu noi nanmu - the small-and-beautiful dancer which is a man
You may also use fetsi and nakni for biological traits.
Thank you very much in advance,
Seasons' greetings
Yannis