Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 20:58:04 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Give us a moment, please.
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"Give us a moment, please."
I found this sentence here: 
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/2645083
It had a lojban translation:
{ko tu'a mi ze'i denpa}

Obviously the English sentence is an idiom,
which we won't translate directly.
However, is the aforementioned lojban coherent?

I think {e'o do ze'i denpa} would work.

Another translation could be {e'o do ze'i xrukla vi}.

I also thought of:
{e'o mi'a ze'i djica lo nu sivtavla}
[Request] We [for a short time period] want to privately talk.

Curiously
camxes.lojban.org/ (awesome)
claims this is not grammatically correct.
Yet it has no problem with:
{e'o mi'a ze'i djica lo nu sivni tavla}

Is {sivtavla} incorrect? Or have I discovered a bug?

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<div dir=3D"ltr">"Give us a moment, please."<br>I found this sentence here:=
 <br>http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/2645083<br>It had a lojban trans=
lation:<br>{ko tu'a mi ze'i denpa}<br><br>Obviously the English sentence is=
 an idiom,<br>which we won't translate directly.<br>However, is the aforeme=
ntioned lojban coherent?<br><br>I think {e'o do ze'i denpa} would work.<br>=
<br>Another translation could be {e'o do ze'i xrukla vi}.<br><br>I also tho=
ught of:<br>{e'o mi'a ze'i djica lo nu sivtavla}<br>[Request] We [for a sho=
rt time period] want to privately talk.<br><br>Curiously<br>camxes.lojban.o=
rg/ (awesome)<br>claims this is not grammatically correct.<br>Yet it has no=
 problem with:<br>{e'o mi'a ze'i djica lo nu sivni tavla}<br><br>Is {sivtav=
la} incorrect? Or have I discovered a bug?<br></div>

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