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ki'e, but in this case wouldn't something like {ka'erbi'o} be more 
appropriate? djica1 probably isn't wanting to become an expert, just 
capable.

mi djica lo ka ka'erbi'o lo nu limna

On Sunday, 15 July 2012 23:08:54 UTC+1, xorxes wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:54 PM, mudri wrote: 
> > I'm trying to translate "I want to learn how to swim." (from Tatoeba). 
> As 
> > the title suggests, I'm okay with {mi djica lo ka cilre}, but I don't 
> know 
> > how to translate "how to swim" (or whether to put it in x2 or x3). If 
> you 
> > can answer the question, you might want to do the Tatoeba translation 
> too. 
>
> "cilre" as defined is for learning facts, not for acquiring skills. So 
> I suggest "crebi'o" ("ko'a binxo lo certu be ko'e", "x1 becomes adept 
> at doing x2") or if you want a place for your teacher or source of 
> learning you can use "crecpa" ("ko'a cpacu lo ka ce'u certu ko'e kei 
> ko'i", "x1 acquires skill x2 from x3"). 
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes 
>

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ki'e, but in this case wouldn't something like {ka'erbi'o} be more appropri=
ate? djica1 probably isn't wanting to become an expert, just capable.<div><=
br></div><div>mi djica lo ka ka'erbi'o lo nu limna<br><br>On Sunday, 15 Jul=
y 2012 23:08:54 UTC+1, xorxes  wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left:=
 1ex;">On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:54 PM, mudri wrote:
<br>&gt; I'm trying to translate "I want to learn how to swim." (from Tatoe=
ba). As
<br>&gt; the title suggests, I'm okay with {mi djica lo ka cilre}, but I do=
n't know
<br>&gt; how to translate "how to swim" (or whether to put it in x2 or x3).=
 If you
<br>&gt; can answer the question, you might want to do the Tatoeba translat=
ion too.
<br>
<br>"cilre" as defined is for learning facts, not for acquiring skills. So
<br>I suggest "crebi'o" ("ko'a binxo lo certu be ko'e", "x1 becomes adept
<br>at doing x2") or if you want a place for your teacher or source of
<br>learning you can use "crecpa" ("ko'a cpacu lo ka ce'u certu ko'e kei
<br>ko'i", "x1 acquires skill x2 from x3").
<br>
<br>mu'o mi'e xorxes
<br></blockquote></div>

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