Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [206.241.12.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id PAA07376 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:23:55 -0400 Message-Id: <199607251923.PAA07376@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (206.241.12.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <8.3E791348@VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM>; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 14:01:30 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:43:50 -0600 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list X-UIDL: 838322930.001 From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: may the wind be always at your back X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 824 Lines: 24 Content-Length: 794 Lines: 21 Content-Length: 763 Lines: 18 > I'm trying to figure out how to say "may the wind be always at your > back." What I've got so far is: > > ko cu stoga'e le rixfarbi'e ku > (I command you to)constantly feel the wind from the behind-direction > > Basically I'm trying to figure out how to express the "may you" bit. I > was thinking of using "pacna" (wish/hope/expect), but I'm not sure how to > say "I hope that xyz is true" without having to resort to "xyz. I hope > that ko'a is true". I don't have my gi'uste with me, but what you put looks good grammatically. Another way you might try it is using .a'o As for grammar -- you don't need the "cu" or the "ku", but they are acceptable -- it's a question of what style you prefer. co'o mi'e kris