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From: "And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>
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Subject: [lojban] Re: Is srana symmetrical?
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Robin:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 10:47:27AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> >     mi sanga ra'a le vi cukta
> >     I sing "pertained to by" this book.
> >     This book is about my singing. 
> 
> Just for the record, the second translation is wrong.  The core of
> the bridi is the person singing.  
> 
>     I am singing, which is relevant to this book.
> 
> I think that works.

It doesn't work so well if you change the ex to "xu mi sanga
ra'a le vi cukta": !!"Am I singing, which is relevant to this
book?", !!"Am I singing (which is relevant to this book)?".

Maybe "I sing, as this book is about". 

--And.


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