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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: What's up?
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la cuncuxnas. cu cusku di'e
> Ever since I read the Lojban for Beginners lesson on question
> words, {ma mo ma} has been in my head, just kind of floating
> around.  The only use I could think of for it was a general
> "HUH?!?" kind of expression.  But it just occurred to me that
> that'd be a great way to say, "What's up?" "What's going on?"
> and the like.  Does anyone out there agree?  Can you think of
> any other uses for {ma mo ma}, or other ways to say "How goes
> it?"  I'll be glad to hear what you think.

If you like {ma mo ma}, I suggest you have a look at
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=What+Does+It+Mean%3F and look
for {.i pei xu cu'e xo ma mo} (without the braces) .u'i

mu'o mi'e .filip.