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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Yitzik asks his first questions
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 07:10:32 -0400
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On Monday 26 May 2008 04:50, I.Penzev wrote:
> coi rodo
> mi'e .itsik. .i mi xabju le vurgu'e .i mi puzi co'a cilre fi la lojban.

coi .itsik.

> I'd like to ask a couple of questions concerning Lojban grammar usage.
> If I understand correctly, ti botpi loi birje means 'this is a bottle of
> beer'. How should I say 'I bought a bottle of beer'? mi pu terve'u lo botpi
> be loi birje ?

Yes (though "lo birje" would work just as well).

> I'd like also to know cliches for such structures as
> - 'I've got a new car'/'I've got a wife and two children';

mi ponse lo cnino karce .i mi se fetspe gi'e se panzi reda
The car is citno if it was just made; it's cnino if you just got it.
jbovlaste and jbofi'e disagree on the place structure of "fetspe".

> - 'There is a book on the table';

da cukta ga'u le jubme .i lo cukta cu cpana le jubme
"ga'u" means "above"; I didn't find a preposition or tense marker 
meaning "on".

> - 'Let us go for a short walk'.

.e'u mi'o ze'i dzuli'u

mu'omi'e .pier.