[lojban-beginners] Re: .eosai ko viska le ckule jibri be mi

[Jon Reeves <jon@happyvalley.eclipse.co.uk>]

.ui ki'e la filip.

The la seems to be omitted a lot - i don't think it is optional though?



Michael van der Gulik wrote:

> .ui ki'e .filip.
>
> Mikevdg.
>
> Philip Newton wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:19:19 +1300, Michael van der Gulik
> > <mikevdg@gulik.co.nz> wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > mi ba'o cikre la skami be mi (I'm tweaking my computer)
> > >   
> >
> >
> > I think you want {le skami pe mi} (or, alternatively, {le mi skami})
> > here rather than {la skami be mi}; 1) I don't think you're using
> > "computer" as a name, and 2) x2 of "skami" is the computer's purpose,
> > rather than its owner.
> >
> >  
> >
> > > le skami be mi cu spoja
> > >   
> >
> >
> > It exploded? Or were you looking for {spofu}?
> >
> >  
> >
> > > mi jimpe fi skami (I understand something about computers)
> > >   
> >
> >
> > That needs a gadri after {fi} - I'll guess {lo}, so {mi jimpe fi lo 
> > skami}.
> >
> >  
> >
> > > mi djuno le nu zo'e kau klama le zarci (I know WHO went to the store)
> > >   
> >
> >
> > I believe that {ma kau}, rather than {zo'e kau}, is what you wan
> > there, and probably {le/lo du'u} rather than {le nu}: {mi djuno lodu'u
> > makau klama le zarci}.
> >
> > mu'o mi'e .filip.
> >