Date:  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 17:20:08 -0500 (EST)
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From: Don Wiggins <dwiggins@BFSEC.BT.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Marriage, etc.
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> Also, how would one propose marriage in Lojban?  I couldn't find the
> concept properly expressed in the gismu list.

I'm not sure that predication of the proposal is necessary.  It is simpler with
 a cmavo.

    .i   pe'u    do  mi  speni
     Request you me be-spoused

ni'oco'omi'e dn.