[lojban-beginners] Re: zo'o

["Turniansky, Michael" <MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com>]

> > da'i go'i fe lo nu mi'a krixa lu ko klama le do ckana li'u
> >
> > .i ku'i la'ede'u srana le smuni be zo zifre

> .i go'i ki'a .i pe'u ko fanva la'ede'u le glibau
> (My Lojban isn't up to snuff for either, and jbofihe's parse doesn't
> help at all.)

  (first off, you don't need the "go'i".  The simple "ki'a" will do.)

  One problem is you cut off the important context.  Let me bring it
back:
---------------begin insert----------------
> > mi'a xabju fi'o se kansa mu verba .i paunai xu loi nejni a loi zifre

> > mentu cu srana mi'a sezu'e lo pu'u simxu gletu

> .i.ia do rirni du'e lo verba .i lonu lo gletu temci ku zasti da'i cu
te rinka ma lonu lo verba ca klama ra 
>  (I doubt my lojban is accurate: I think you have too many kids. Even
if you had the time, what if one came in during?)

(I would have used "dicra" rather than "klama", but I understood your
question)

da'i go'i fe lo nu mi'a krixa lu ko klama le do ckana li'u 

.i ku'i la'ede'u srana le smuni be zo zifre
---------------end insert----------------

   Taking from the top, we have, "We live with 5 kids. Is there energy
or free minutes for sex?"
    "I believe you have too many kids.  Supposing you have time for sex,
what would be the result of a kid/kids coming to that event?"
    "Suposing we did:  the result would be us yelling 'Go to your bed!'"
    "However, what was recently said is pertinent to the meaning of the
word 'free'"


  In other words, I used the phrase "zifre mentu" (free minutes) in my
original rhetorical question.  Minutes when kids could come in are by
definition not "free".

                      --gejyspa