SENTENCES REQUIRING TRANSLATION

The sentences here will be used in the upcoming modules for Parallel 2.

Feel free to add your translation to any of the sentences (use Edit), specifying your nick, in the following format:

EXAMPLE:

000. Tim loves Ann.

la tim. prami la .an. -inego

la tim. nelci la .en. -zo'e

Here are the sentences:

001. In January, New Year is celebrated.

la pamast. detri lenu salci le cnino nanca -JEsikas.

002. On 10th I begin working (after vacation).

li pano detri lenu mi co'a gunka -JEsikas.

de'i li pano mi di'a gunka to ba lo surtei toi -xorxes

003. On 24th I stop smoking.

li revo detri lenu mi co'u tankyva'u -JEsikas.

004. On 30th I will fly to Florida.

li cino detri lenu mi volkla la floridas. -JEsikas.

This story will go for the fourth module. Hail he who can translate it into Lojban!
(Yes, you can correct English, too!)

005. This event has once happened in our university.

006. One very absent-minded professor was reading a lecture.

007. Suddenly, the chalk he was writing with, ran out.

008. The professor looked around and found no reserve chalk.

009. He turned to the students and said,

010. "Can anyone go to the next lecture hall

011. and bring here a chalk?"

012. In the first row was sitting a very absent-minded student.

013. He was also, alas, short-sighted.

014. He said: "I can".

015. The professor replied: "OK".

016. The auditorium where this event took place, had two doors.

017. One - to the left of the board, one - to the right.

018. So the student went out through the left door.

019. But, since he was absent-minded,

020. while he was going along the passage,

021. he forgot about this circumstance.

022. He knocked at the next door

023. (which was the right door of the same auditorium)

024. opened it and asked the professor:

025. "Excuse me, but do you have a spare chalk?"

026. The professor replied:

027. "No, I sent a student for a chalk myself".

028. The student said: "Really?"

029. He closed the door and went back.

030. After returning, he explained to the professor:

031. "You see, the next auditorium don't have a chalk themselves.

032. They sent a student for a chalk, too".

033. The professor replied:

034. "I know, I have seen him.

035. Well... I will continue verbally."

036. He looked to the students,

037. but didn't see anyone -

038. everybody was already lying on the floor and laughing.