Received: from mail-qa0-f56.google.com ([209.85.216.56]:64593) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SqyS3-00089T-H2; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:28:02 -0700 Received: by qaas11 with SMTP id s11sf20249qaa.1 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:27:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=sPMlw+ixMJtN+nWLIJqoWTM59S2KXvV9hWwiC8uuFkY=; b=3hAd7fcfSEz6SI4S6cILdT5F2Wv79VME4J3QldW/Uio1IqrXL4XZuVSW+brx9pDY1e b9+OLmorhIRZ/eEOanzLG2XgSxa3CQtI4SfrYsbu+11j1jjyfioPB7WCDenVVC7qPian GTUCpSQPa3++zSsgcNRxu29++AIiGucWQZYjE= Received: by 10.236.74.131 with SMTP id x3mr66211yhd.13.1342494909076; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:15:09 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.101.214.19 with SMTP id r19ls16018anq.9.gmail; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.155.166 with SMTP id j26mr1973138yhk.0.1342494907622; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.155.166 with SMTP id j26mr1973133yhk.0.1342494907603; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-yw0-f48.google.com (mail-yw0-f48.google.com [209.85.213.48]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z56si2744771yhg.6.2012.07.16.20.15.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 209.85.213.48 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.213.48; Received: by yhfq46 with SMTP id q46so7172657yhf.21 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.140.70 with SMTP id re6mr126230igb.23.1342494907374; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:15:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.30.68 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:14:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <511ab64f-708c-4c40-b5df-df49c06d7f2a@googlegroups.com> References: <8226125c-b6b5-4f96-862a-28c390d5d8bf@googlegroups.com> <511ab64f-708c-4c40-b5df-df49c06d7f2a@googlegroups.com> From: MorphemeAddict Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:14:37 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Translating "how" + infinitive To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: lytlesw@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 209.85.213.48 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lytlesw@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f923b9c111e0104c4fdf44f X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 3994 --e89a8f923b9c111e0104c4fdf44f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Lindar wrote: > I suggest: > > {.i mi pu cilre fi lo tadji be lo nu limna} - I learned how to swim. (lit. > "I [past] learn [something] about (the method/technique of (the event of > (is-a-swimmer))).") > It's that "about" that's the problem. I didn't necessarily learn anything 'about' anything, I learned a new skill, perhaps by being thrown in a swimming pool. It's still "I learned to swim". stevo > > So... yeah... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lojban Beginners" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban-beginners/-/9CPIko3jtVUJ. > > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. --e89a8f923b9c111e0104c4fdf44f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Lindar= <lindarthebard@gmail.com> wrote:
I suggest:

{.i mi pu cilre fi lo tadji be lo nu limna} -= I learned how to swim. (lit. "I [past] learn [something] about (the m= ethod/technique of (the event of (is-a-swimmer))).")

It's that "about" that's the problem.= I didn't necessarily learn anything 'about' anything, I learne= d a new skill, perhaps by being thrown in a swimming pool. It's still &= quot;I learned to swim".=A0

stevo=A0
So... yeah...

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