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And you can use the Lojban word for "preposition". English doesn't
have many things like ergativity and postpositions, but it has the
words to talk about them.

mi'e cntr

On 18 March 2012 19:03, iesk <pa.fae@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Mar 17, 3:05=A0pm, Escape Landsome <escaa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Suppose I want to explain the meaning of the word "FOR", or of the
>> word "TO", or of the word "AT" to a lojban speaking person
>>
>> How do I proceed ?
>
> Use 'at' in multiple contexts and describe those in Lojban, and hope
> the Lojban-speaker gets the hang of it. That's more or less how
> language-teaching always works. Practical drilling.
>
> -iesk
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