[lojban-beginners] Re: angry conversations

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

On Apr 16, 2008, at 6:19 PM, mls1@rice.edu wrote:
> Supposing someone were rather irritated at someone else, and wanted  
> to say
> something along the lines of {ko cliva gi'e gletu ko le'o}. If they  
> were more
> irritated, they may want something a little faster to say. Would {ko  
> livgle ko}
> carry a similar effect? What else might be stronger?

Unless it were given a specific definition, "<livgle>" would probably  
sound weird, as it would correspond to "copulate-of-type-leave," which  
could be interpreted as a number of other things besides what you had  
in mind.  However, when people use the phrase that you're trying to  
translate, the "go" isn't really being used as a literal command to  
leave, and when it is, it's usually overshadowed by the other  
command.  A better translation for the phrase might be "<ko sezgle>"  
-- "(imperative) copulate-of-type-self," which eliminates the need to  
fill the second place.  If you want to keep the "<cliva>," you can say  
"<ko cliva je sezgle>," followed by whatever angry attitudinals you  
want.

mu'omi'e la'o gy. Minimiscience .gy.