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*[[User:.evgenis.|.evgenis.]]:
This overlaps with [[Misleading gismu keywords|Misleading Gismu Keywords]].
*:Perhaps the title of this page is not the best one. The idea was to collect here English words with ambiguous meaning which are likely to mislead a beginner.
 
See also [[malglico|malglico]], [[Swedish False Friends|Swedish False Friends]], [[Norwegian False Friends|Norwegian False Friends]], [[Spanish False Friends|Spanish False Friends]]
*[[jezrax|jezrax]]:
*[[jezrax|jezrax]]:
*:A ''false friend'' is a word like "curve", which looks like an English word, but has a different meaning in Lojban. The only others I can think of quickly are "to" and "be".
** The [[gismu|gismu]] which are spelled the same as a common English word are these. I tried to make the list complete. There are near-misses; for example, '''gurni''' is like ''gurney''.  '''pruce''' is a rare English word; I will be unsurprised if many other gismu match up with rare English words.
*:The [[gismu|gismu]] which are spelled the same as a common English word are these. I tried to make the list complete. There are near-misses; for example, ''gurni'' is like "gurney".  "Pruce" is a rare English word; I will be unsurprised if many other gismu match up with rare English words.
** '''crane curve glare mitre ruble santa since tuple'''
 
* ''think about'' ...; ''ponder'' - '''pensi'''
crane
* ''think that'' ... - '''jinvi'''
 
* ''old (opposite to new)'' - '''slabu'''
curve
* ''old (opposite to young)'' - '''tolci'o'''
 
* ''cold (temperature)'' - '''lenku'''
glare
* ''cold (ailment)''
 
** .pier.:
mitre
*** '''zbitisna'''
 
** .filip.
ruble
*** '''vaxterbi'a'''
 
* '''papri''' means specifically a page of a bound book or booklet.  That is when the pages come out of the printing press, they are merely '''pelji boxfo''' until someone staples, stitches or glues them together in the back.
santa
** .aulun.:
 
*** No, a bit more than just that: a '''selpri ke pelji boxfo'''
since
 
tuple
 
See also [[malglico|malglico]], [[Misleading gismu keywords|Misleading Gismu Keywords]], [[Swedish False Friends|Swedish False Friends]], [[Norwegian False Friends|Norwegian False Friends]], [[Spanish False Friends|Spanish False Friends]]
 
*This overlaps with Misleading Gismu Keywords, but I think it still deserves its own page -- [[User:Nick Nicholas|nitcion]]
 
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'''think'''
 
;: (think about ...; ponder) - ''pensi''
 
;: (think that ...) - ''jinvi''
 
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'''old'''
 
;: (opposite to new) - ''slabu''
 
;: (opposite to young) - ''tolci'o''
 
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'''cold'''
 
;: (temperature) - ''lenku''
 
;: (ailment) - ''???'' zbitisna (mi'e pier.), vaxterbi'a (mi'e filip.)
 
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''papri'' means specifically a page of a bound book or booklet.  That is when the pages come out of the printing press, they are merely ''pelji boxfo'' until someone staples, stitches or glues them together in the back. ''No, a bit more than just that: a'' '''selpri''' ke pelji boxfo '' (mi'e .aulun.)''


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Revision as of 09:30, 3 October 2014

This overlaps with Misleading Gismu Keywords.

See also malglico, Swedish False Friends, Norwegian False Friends, Spanish False Friends

  • jezrax:
    • The gismu which are spelled the same as a common English word are these. I tried to make the list complete. There are near-misses; for example, gurni is like gurney. pruce is a rare English word; I will be unsurprised if many other gismu match up with rare English words.
    • crane curve glare mitre ruble santa since tuple
  • think about ...; ponder - pensi
  • think that ... - jinvi
  • old (opposite to new) - slabu
  • old (opposite to young) - tolci'o
  • cold (temperature) - lenku
  • cold (ailment)
    • .pier.:
      • zbitisna
    • .filip.
      • vaxterbi'a
  • papri means specifically a page of a bound book or booklet. That is when the pages come out of the printing press, they are merely pelji boxfo until someone staples, stitches or glues them together in the back.
    • .aulun.:
      • No, a bit more than just that: a selpri ke pelji boxfo

cipnrgru crane front

ba'o, ki'u since snake

midju centre centimetre

mei tuple leg

jdatro mapku, jgavelfendi mitre metre

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