Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from f16.law8.hotmail.com ([216.33.241.16] helo=hotmail.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19AcGn-0006F8-00 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:04:09 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:03:39 -0700 Received: from 200.49.74.2 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:03:39 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.49.74.2] X-Originating-Email: [jjllambias@hotmail.com] From: "Jorge Llambias" To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: poi or noi? Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:03:39 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Apr 2003 21:03:39.0440 (UTC) FILETIME=[CED22B00:01C30E92] X-archive-position: 276 X-Approved-By: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 969 la iens cusku di'e >{mi kakne lenu citka loi cidjrkari .i lenu citka loi cidjrkari >cu nandu} becomes {mi kakne lenu citka loi cidjrkari kei poi >(ke'a) nandu} > >As far as I understand this sentence it is a non-restrictive >relative clause, since being difficult is just an additional >information. But then you have to use {noi} instead of {poi}. >Am I wrong? Was {poi} used instead of {noi}, because {noi} >is introduced later? You're quite right. With {poi} it says that I can manage those events of eating cidjkari that are hard. >By the way, the best translation for "Thanks in advance" I can >manage is {mi ckire do lenu ba danfu le mi preti}. I know {ki'e}, >but how do I translate the "in advance"? One possibility would be: ki'e ba'a, "Thanks! [Expectation!]" mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail