Your second sentence still needs “le/lo nu” after ki’u. “.ei” substitutes in for ”bilga le nu”, but ki’u must still be followed by only a single sumti.
(and btw, you can also get rid of the second mi, really, in both version because it would be assumed that the nu sub-sentence (inner bridi) would have the same x1 place as the outer bridi. )
As far as lenu vs. lonu, I would say in this case “lenu” after the ki’e” and “lonu” after tezu’e (and after bilga in the first version), as my personal prefence. Why? Possibly English bias, but because you are drinking quickly it for _the specific_ reason of being obligated in _a_ going to school for _a_ meeting with the teacher.
YMMV
--gejyspa
From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of ANDREW PIEKARSKI
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:44 PM
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Please review # 001
So now we have this:
"In the morning, I drink coffee quickly as I have to go to my kid's school in order to meet his teacher."
.i ca lo cerni mi [cu] sutra pinxe lo ckafi ki'u lonu mi bilga lenu klama le ckule be fo le panzi tezu'e lenu penmi le ctuca be ri
or the shorter
.i ca lo cerni mi [cu] sutra pinxe lo ckafi ki'u .ei mi klama le ckule be fo le panzi tezu'e lenu penmi le ctuca be ri
That leaves only the question of lenu and lonu. From the comments, my impression is that either will do in all cases - but surely we need some consistency.
Your comments on making it xorlo-compatable, please.