Nick in Greece Update

[Nick Nicholas <nnich@LEON.NRCPS.ARIADNE-T.GR>]

Lojbanists and          doi lojbo je se              *lojban*, tlhIngan Hol
Klingonists, greetings  bangrtlingana. mi rinsa do   HaDwI'pu', *Athina*vo'
from Athens, where I've tu'i la .atinas. noi mi      vISaHbogh qaStaHvIS
been for the past two   diklo ca'o lepuzi masti be   cha' jarvam Savan.
months.                 li re

I've been busily        .i mi vi ba'o tolcando tadni naDev jIvumqu'pu',
studying Greek dialects loi xelso ke diklo bankle    Qul Qu'wIjvaD *Greece*
for my thesis here.     mu'i tu'a lemi jaspu         HolHommey vIHaDtaHvIS.
                        skeprosa

I've also continued     .i mi ji'a ranji mligunka    *lojban*, tlhIngan Hol
some work on Lojban     tu'a la lojban .e la         qelbogh Qu' mach'e'
and Klingon:            tlingan.                     vItaHmoHpu' je:

In Lojban, I've updated .imu'u ra'a la lojban. mi    *lojban* qellu'chugh,
my lujvo paper, which   cninygau lemi prosa be loi   tlhoQmu' pojwIj
John Cowan will modify  lujvo be'o noi la djan.      vIchu'moHpu', 'ej woQ
for use in the          kau,n. ba jai galfi mu'i     pabDaq 'oH lo'meH leS
reference grammar,      lenu pilno vi le catne gerna 'oH choH *John Cowan*.
which I'm told will be  noi ti'e bazi se gubgau      tugh nargh pabvetlh
published soon.                                      jIHvaD net ja'.

I have also reviewed    .i mi ba'o ji'a pajni tu'a   woQ pab ghItlhmey
some of John's          so'o catne gerna prosa       puS'e' qonbogh *John*
reference grammar       pefi'a la djan.              vInoHpu' je.
papers.

In Klingon, I have      .i ra'a la tlingan. mi di'a  tlhIngan Hol
continued work on       kansa la mark. clsn. ce la   qellu'chugh, *Hamlet*
Hamlet with Mark        .andrux. streider. no'u la   Qu'wIj vItaHmoHpu'meH,
Shoulson and Andrew     gu,idox. lenu gunka tu'a la  *Seqram* *ghuy'Do* je
'Guido' Strader.        xamlet.                      vItlhej.

For all the text in     ro da poi pagbu le xe fanva  ghItlh, wImughbogh,
the translation, at     zo'u su'o mi'a pajni da      'ay' Hoch noHpu' 'oH
least one of us has     poi se finti le drata        mughpu'be'bogh wa'ma'.
checked the other's
work.

We would obviously      .i mi'a te selneimau le da'i poH latlh law'
prefer much more time,  nu ka'e pilno loi balvi      wIlo'laH 'e' wImaSba';
but given the adverse   temci poi mutce zu'i pe ca   'a nISbogh ghu'
circumstances, Hamlet   .i ku'i va'o le fapro tcini  wIqelmo', DaH
is essentially ready    kei la xamlet. cu bredi      narghbeHchoH *Hamlet*
for publication.        ba'uru'e lenu se gubgau      'e' wIQorghpu'.


I am leaving for Crete  ni'o mi klama la kreten.     yupma' leSpoHvaD
for the holidays at the mu'i lenu salci ca le        *Kriti*Daq jItlheD
end of the week.        candytemci kei ca le ba'o    rInDI' Hoghvam.
                        jeftu

In January, I will be   .i ca'o la pavmast mi gunka  qaStaHvIS jar wa',
working on mediaeval    tu'a loi midycedra seltcidu  *Thesaloniki*Daq
texts in Salonica.      vi la tesalonikis.           botlh bov ghItlhmey
                                                     vIHaD.

I will attempt to have  .i mi vi ri troci lenu ta'e  pa'vo' jIHab 'e'
net access from there;  pilno le samclupa .i lenu    vInID; jIHablaHbe'-
if I don't succeed, I   mi na'e da'i snada cu        chugh vaj qay'be',
will be back in         nolvajni ki'u lenu mi xruti  *Australia*Daq
Australia by the end    diklo le sralo ca le tolcfa  jIcheghpu'mo' rInDI'
of February.            fanmo be la relmast.         jar cha'.

A happy holiday season  .i .a'o ro do zanfri le      yupma' leSpoH
to you all!             cando citsi                  botIvjaj!

Nick.                   co'omi'e nitcion.            *nIchyon* jIH. pItlh.

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Nick Nicholas. Linguistics, University of Melbourne. In Greece until Feb. '96.
            Normally:     nsn@speech.language.unimelb.edu.au
     TEMPORARILY (until end of '95): nnich@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr