[lojban-beginners] Re: la melpelkre .e le ci cribe

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 6/1/07, Turniansky, Michael [UNK] <MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com> wrote:
>  Another thought:  How about the parents say, "da pu co'a citka le  mi
> mavypesxu"  (note I used "co'a" not "ca'o here" and Baby bear says, "da
> pu co'a citka le mi mavypesxu .ije i'enai mo'u go'i "?

That would work, yes. They could even say:

- da pu co'a citka lo mi mavypesxu
- da pu co'a je pu mo'u i'e nai citka lo mi mavypesxu

For the other one, I really don't think {sipna} is the right word. How can
they tell that someone has been actually _sleeping_ on their bed? I prefer

- da pu ca'o vreta lo mi ckana
- da pu ca'o je ca za'o i'e nai vreta lo mi ckana

This also solves the problem of what tag to use, since {vreta} already has
the right places. In the case of {sipna}, I would prefer {bu'u} to {di'o}.
I understand {diklo} as saying that location x1 is a specific locus/spot
on location x2. There doesn't seem to be any specific locus on the bed
that is relevant here.

(This is actually a pretty good story for teaching aspects in Lojban.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes