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Subject: Starting stories
From: Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com>
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In English we have things like "once upon a time" or "one day" that we use
conventionally to start stories, especially in fiction. Latin takes this one
step further and uses just one word, "olim", which unlike the English
version has no tense dependence; it makes sense to use olim in a story about
the distant future. Does Lojban have anything like this, either defined this
way (like Latin) or conventionally used this way (like English)? I've been
hunting for a while and haven't gotten anywhere.

mu'omi'e latros.

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In English we have things like &quot;once upon a time&quot; or &quot;one da=
y&quot; that we use conventionally to start stories, especially in fiction.=
 Latin takes this one step further and uses just one word, &quot;olim&quot;=
, which unlike the English version has no tense dependence; it makes sense =
to use olim in a story about the distant future. Does Lojban have anything =
like this, either defined this way (like Latin) or conventionally used this=
 way (like English)? I&#39;ve been hunting for a while and haven&#39;t gott=
en anywhere.<br>
<br>mu&#39;omi&#39;e latros.<br>

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