On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Michael Turnians= ky <mturnians= ky@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:01 PM= , Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

No, that's wh= y I chose the malgli form of {cpacu} to show initiation of the job. =A0=20

I'd be amazed if there weren't some quick easy way to express = "finally" given the absurd number of tenses, contours, intervals,= etc... that we have at our disposal.

....

and yet, I can't think of what it would be... It's something l= ike, {mi se jibri}, but I {co'a se jibri} and {pu ze'u na se jibri}= .

Is it possible to say something like "mi pu citka .iku'i mi c= a na citka" without having to break it out into a new bridi? =A0Would = "mi pu canai citka" do what I want it to here? =A0If so, you coul= d say {mi co'a puze'unai se jibri} "I [start] & [past-long= -time do not] have job". =A0Although I get the feeling like I've d= one something very wrong here.

=A0

=A0 Yes.=A0 Say "mi mo'u citka"=A0 :-)=A0 And no, = you can't -nai ZEhA.=A0 Yes, you can certainly say "mi mo'u na= se jibri" or "mi ba'o na se jibri", but I went with a U= I for "finally" because to me, in that sentence, it's really = nothing more than an intensifier, something that UI do well.

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gejyspa

I was specifically meaning "finally" as in the &q= uot;after a long time, typically involving difficulty or delay" use, n= ot in the exasperated or aggravating expressive use.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Michael Turnians= ky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:

=A0 No, that's more "I am still holding onto the job" (A= nd "cpacu lo jibri" is malglico, anyhow.=A0 Use seljibri).

=A0 Personally, I'd use a UI like u'a or uo.=A0 The big proble= m is that the English "finally" in that sentence really means &qu= ot;ba lo nu zu co'e", which is just too much of a mouthful.=A0 Rec= asting as=A0"lo pu'u mi sisku tu'a lo jibri cu mulno" mig= ht be better.

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gejyspa

=A0

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

I'd probably = use {za'o}. =A0{mi za'o cpacu lo jibri}=20

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Jonathan Jones <= span dir=3D"ltr"><eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

How to translate = finally, as in "I finally got the job!"?

-- =
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk= . mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D= )

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