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la cuncuxnas. wrote:
> coi xal
> 
> {ganai ko ckire la lojbangirz. gi do kakne lenu tcidu ti} might be what 
> you're looking for, though I'm not sure whether you want logical 
> connectives all tangled up in there (or, indeed, whether I'm even using 
> the connective I've got in there correctly).  I think doing it with 
> seva'o could go something like {do kakne lenu tcidu ti ku seva'o lenu ko 
> ckire la lojbangirz.}, but, again, I'm not really sure if that says what 
> you mean.

What I want to say is: "If you can read this, thank the Lojban Group."

There must be multiple ways to say it. What are the elegant/concise
ways?

And can you explain your own translations? Bear in mind I'm really new
at this.


Thanks,
Hal


> mu'omi'e cuncuxnas.
> 
> On 8/10/05, *Hal Fulton* <hal9000@hypermetrics.com 
> <mailto:hal9000@hypermetrics.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Is this correct?
> 
>         do kakne cu tcidu ti seva'o ko ckire la lojbangirz.
> 
>     What are other/better ways to say it?
> 
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Hal
> 
> 
> 
> 
>