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[lojban-beginners] Re: how to say "learn how to swear in Lojban"



Matt Arnold wrote:

>I'm making a promotional poster for a Lojban event at a science fiction
>convention, which I would like to be a bilingual English/Lojban poster. I
>want to say (among other things) "learn how to swear in Lojban." I tried
>{ko cilre fi lo zu'o mabla sepi'o ma bau la lojban}. 


Strictly speaking, I think, in the context of such a poster, "learn how to
swear in Lojban" is not really a command.  Isn't it more of an abbreviation
of "(If you come to this event you will) learn how to swear in Lojban"?

Of course, I have *no* suggestion for how to express this in Lojban, so
maybe I should just shut up <g>.

--sw