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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: "mi prami do" or "mi cu prami do" ?
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On Tuesday 02 August 2011 19:44:28 three65daysaweek@yahoo.com wrote:
> "cu" is optional in the majority of cases where it is appropriate. It
> means nothing more than "is"/"are"/"am." You only need to use it when
> not doing so could be confusing.

"cu" does not mean "is"; that's inherent in such words as "blanu", which=20
means "is blue" rather than just "blue". (There is no such thing as an=20
adjective in Lojban.) The closest natlang equivalent I know of is Tok=20
Pisin "i". It's called the predicate marker.

> On Jul 10, 1:41=A0am, najrut <ruler11p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Should "mi prami do" be translated as 'I love you' ?
> >
> > I think "mi prami" means "x1 loves x2 in my way" as mi is attached to
> > prami. Then i should say "mi cu prami do" ?
> >
> > Where is my mistake ? If I'm wrong then how should I say "he loves her =
in
> > my way" ?

There's no difference, other than the word "cu", between "mi prami do" and =
"mi=20
cu prami do". There is just as much difference between "mi laikim yu" and "=
mi=20
i laikim yu"; one normally says the former, but the latter is not, AFAIK,=
=20
ungrammatical. It is not the difference between "I love you" and "I am lovi=
ng=20
you"; the latter is "mi ca ca'o prami do" in Lojban and "mi laikim yu i sta=
p"=20
in Tok Pisin.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "he loves her in my way", but it may be=
=20
something like "ko'a ko'e prami se tai mi"

Pierre

--=20
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