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[lojban-beginners] Re: angry conversations



Quoting 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?
>
[snip]
>  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.
[snip]
>
> mu'omi'e la'o gy. Minimiscience .gy.
>

I would probably much prefer they go to some other location before beginning the
act. But perhaps tense would be better for that.

Would {ko vu gletu pe'a ko} vaguely approach working?

Attitudinals are awesome, but they're also difficult to translate.

mu'omi'e .skaryzgik.