[lojban-beginners] Re: poi or noi?

["robin.bcc" <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

Jens Gutzeit wrote:
> coi rodo
>
> In "Lojban for Beginners" (chapter 9/ke'a), you can find the
> exercise to form some relative clauses:
>
> {mi kakne lenu citka loi cidjrkari .i lenu citka loi cidjrkari
> cu nandu} becomes {mi kakne lenu citka loi cidjrkari kei poi
> (ke'a) nandu}
>
> As far as I understand this sentence it is a non-restrictive
> relative clause, since being difficult is just an additional
> information. But then you have to use {noi} instead of {poi}.
> Am I wrong? Was {poi} used instead of {noi}, because {noi}
> is introduced later?

Erk. I'll assume it was one of Nick's examples rather than mine, since I 
don't remember writing it, but as far as I can see, in this context 
there is no essential difference between noi and poi. I think if you 
translate it into English, it doesn't make much difference whether there 
is a comma after the "which".
> By the way, the best translation for "Thanks in advance" I can
> manage is {mi ckire do lenu ba danfu le mi preti}. I know {ki'e},
> but how do I translate the "in advance"?

I think you just did with the "ba".  You're saying "I thank you for the 
future event".

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