Subject: Re: [lojban] Opposite of za'o

From: Pierre Abbat <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:50:25 -0400

>Another of Lojban's outstanding difficulties (at least for
>me). We have a word for "still" (za'o), but none for its
>three companions: "already", "no longer" and "not yet".
>In other languages these four are a bit more regular than
>in English, and it is more evident that:

"still" isn't "za'o", it's "pujeca". "za'o" means that an action continues
after it's completed, not that it is still going on. I can be in High Point,
with my car still running, and be still on my way to Pineville even though mi
na za'o klama py.

phma