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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: re "mi dunda ma ko"
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On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 10:21:13AM -0500,
MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2005-02-02 5:25:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> melissa@fastanimals.com writes:
> 
> > what meaning would be taken from
> > 
> > mi dunda ma ko
> > 
> > It's part question and part command.
> 
> Ask yourself this again after you have become fluent in Lojban and
> all the parts of this sentence are second nature to you.  I
> suspect it will be a lot more meaningful then.  

In the meantime, I'd read it as asking what present the person would
like.

-Robin

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