[lojban-beginners] Re: ago

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 1/17/06, Newton, Philip <Philip.Newton@gedas-onsite.de> wrote:

> >      mi pu klama le zarci za lo djedi be li ci
>
> Ah, and the fact that it means "three days ago" rather than "three days from
> now" is indicated by context and/or the {pu} before the selbri, yes?

Yes. Also, it could be "three days before/after the party"
{mi klama le zarci pu/ba le nunsalci za lo djedi be li ci}. Or whatever
the reference point happens to be. In any case ZA tags the magnitude
of the displacement from the reference point, and PU tags the reference
point.

> "In three days, I'll go to the store" would then be {mi ba klama le zarci za
> lo djedi be li ci}?

Right.

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