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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 08:55:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Feedback on phrases
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--- Andrew Archibald <archibal@math.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> vi ma le mi palku
> 	Where are my pants?

That's grammatical, but somewhat incomplete because 
it has no selbri. A more complete sentence might be: 
{le mi palku ma zvati}

> .e'o ko ctigau le ti kanba
> 	Please feed this goat.

Probably {le vi kanba}. {le ti kanba} would be 
"the goat associated with this thing here", while
{le vi kanba} is "the thing that is a goat near me".

> pu ku do cadzu lei mi so'i vanjba
> 	You have trampled my grapes.

Maybe {stapa} is better for "trample".

> ko jarco mi le do tamca
> 	Show me your tomato.

{ko jarco le do tamca mi} or {ko jarco fi mi 
fe le do tamca}.

> le mi badgai sivyta'u cu ca se na'e kufra
> 	My jockstrap is uncomfortable.

{ca} insists on the present time. The English translation 
is more general, using {ca} here is like saying "my jockstap 
is uncomfortable now".

> ga do vimcu le taxfu cinza mi gi mi spoja
> 	If you do not remove this clothespin, I will explode.

Yes, well... "either you remove this clothespin or I explode",
but no causality is implied.
 
> ki'e do
> 
> Andrew
> 
> P.S.  How would one say "thanks in advance" (which is what I mean)?

There is no such fixed expresion yet.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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