Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0pdMvV-0000PsC; Sun, 6 Mar 94 19:47 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2333; Sun, 06 Mar 94 19:47:28 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 2331; Sun, 6 Mar 1994 19:47:28 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6392; Sun, 6 Mar 1994 18:46:28 +0100 Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 12:48:27 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: Question about story X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 1160 Lines: 45 > coi mi'e kris. coi kris mi gleki le nu penmi do > .i mi masno cilre la lojban. i'e i mi go'i i le ka masno cu mutce xagmau le ka na'e muvdu > .i mi nelci lenu le lojbo prenu cu ciska bau la lojban. mi go'i > .iki'u la'edi'u xamgu mi lenu cilre la lojban. krefu le nu mi'o simtu'i > .ini'o mi nelci le la djan. le lisri > .iku'i mi na jimpe pa cmalu: > > >.i kurji catlu mu'i le nu noda zgana > > It looks to me like this would mean "She looked around carefully > because no one was watching". I am guessing what is meant is "She > looked around carefully to make sure no one was watching" > I thought "mu'a" meant "because". Where am I going wrong with this? pe'i do drani i mi pu stidi le nu pilno <> i ji'a zo kurji na mansa mi le nu fanva zoi gy. carefully .gy > to .u'uzo'o mi pu nitcu le malglibau na'e malglibau i da malglibau gijo fukpi le gliselsku le jbobau le mabla > > co'o co'o mi'e xorxes *************************************************************** ***************** e'osai ko pilno la lojban ******************* ***************** *******************