[lojban-beginners] Re: Please review #002

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 20 April 2007 22:27, ANDREW PIEKARSKI wrote:
> So, Pierre, you're suggesting "ca'o" for "while" and "ca" for "when".  But
> in the dictionary, "ca" means "during". Isn't that closer to "while"?

"ca" means that two events occur at the same time but says nothing about their 
duration. One could start when the other ends, or one could be instantaneous, 
and it still occurs ca the other one. "ca'o" indicates an ongoing event or 
one that takes some time.

> Also, I deliberately wanted to try out a tanru for "going to buy".  If the
> tanru I used were reversed to "te vecnu" klama, wouldn't it work?

It would, but you'd have to put the object of "te vecnu" in a be-phrase: le mi 
mamta pu te vecnu be lo jisra be'o klama. You could invert them with "co": le 
mi mamta pu klama co te vecnu lo jisra.

> gejyspa and komfo,amonan suggested "xruti" and "xrukla" for "return".  What
> exactly is the difference between them?

"xrukla" means "go back". "xruti" doesn't imply any going. If I somehow undyed 
my hair, I would say "mi xruti le kerfa le ka rarna skari" .i lei mi kerfa cu 
me'andi skari .i lo nu me'andi skabi'o na ka'e se fatri'a .i mi prami le 
me'andi skari

mu'omi'e pier.