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or may be more precisely {e'o mi'a zukte ze'i} since the emphasis is on
what we do, not they wait.

2014-12-15 7:58 GMT+03:00 ravas <ravas@outlook.com>:
>
> "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">or may be more precisely {e&#39;o mi&#39;a zukte ze&#39;i}=
 since the emphasis is on what we do, not they wait.</div><div class=3D"gma=
il_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2014-12-15 7:58 GMT+03:00 ravas <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ravas@outlook.com" target=3D"_blank">=
ravas@outlook.com</a>&gt;</span>:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D=
"ltr">&quot;Give us a moment, please.&quot;<br>I found this sentence here: =
<br><a href=3D"http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/2645083" target=3D"_bl=
ank">http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/2645083</a><br>It had a lojban t=
ranslation:<br>{ko tu&#39;a mi ze&#39;i denpa}<br><br>Obviously the English=
 sentence is an idiom,<br>which we won&#39;t translate directly.<br>However=
, is the aforementioned lojban coherent?<br><br>I think {e&#39;o do ze&#39;=
i denpa} would work.<br><br>Another translation could be {e&#39;o do ze&#39=
;i xrukla vi}.<br><br>I also thought of:<br>{e&#39;o mi&#39;a ze&#39;i djic=
a lo nu sivtavla}<br>[Request] We [for a short time period] want to private=
ly talk.<br><br>Curiously<br><a href=3D"http://camxes.lojban.org/" target=
=3D"_blank">camxes.lojban.org/</a> (awesome)<br>claims this is not grammati=
cally correct.<br>Yet it has no problem with:<br>{e&#39;o mi&#39;a ze&#39;i=
 djica lo nu sivni tavla}<br><br>Is {sivtavla} incorrect? Or have I discove=
red a bug?<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br></font></span>=
</div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">

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