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On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 18:52:33 .arpis. wrote:
> "I will be free between 9:30 and 10:30 and between 1:00 and 5:00"
> {mi zilfre ze'a lo temci be li so pi mu bei li dau pi mu be'o .e lo
> temci be li pa bei li mu be'o}
> 
> Is the use of {temci} correct here? {ze'a}?
> Is there a shorter way to say it?

I'd say "mi zifre ca li so pi'e cino bi'obo li pano pi'e cino .e li pa pi'e 
bi'obo li mu pi'e". jbofi'e doesn't like that; it wants "lo'o" (the terminator 
for "li") before "bi'o". One of the "bo" is necessary but the other isn't.

I assume that the first period is in the morning and the second is in the 
afternoon. To make that clear, I'd say "li pano pi'e cino pe le cerni ... li 
mu pi'e pe le vanci" or "li paci pi'e bi'o li paze pi'e". If you're an 
astronomer, you probably want to reverse the assumption. "pe le cerni" 
associates only with "li pano pi'e cino", so if the interval crosses noon, you 
can tag the first time with "pe le cerni" and the second with "pe le vanci" (or 
tag both with "pe le donri"). If you want to tag the whole time interval with 
"pe le cerni", I'm not sure. jbofi'e balks at "ke".

btw, "zilfre" is a typo; it means something like "to be fertile, but ignoring 
whether any offspring or crop is produced".

Pierre
-- 
loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji

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