[lojban-beginners] Re: Timo answers Yitziks first questions :)

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On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Timo Paulssen
<timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de> wrote:
> I.Penzev wrote:
>> coi rodo
>
> coi fi'i .itsik .i mi gleki lo nu do lojbo binxo ui
>
>
>> mi'e .itsik. .i mi xabju le vurgu'e .i mi puzi co'a cilre fi la lojban.
>> I'd like to ask a couple of questions concerning Lojban grammar usage.
>> If I understand correctly, ti botpi loi birje means 'this is a bottle of
>> beer'. How should I say 'I bought a bottle of beer'? mi pu terve'u lo
>> botpi be loi birje ?
>
> Exactly, that's the main use of the sumti-linker {be}.

If the context is obvious, also {lo birje botpi} for "a bottle of
beer" would work.

>> - 'There is a book on the table';
>
> {lo cukta cu cpana lo jubme}

For this one I would prefer Pierre's {da cukta ga'u le jubme}. I feel
the focus isn't on the event of "a book being on the surface of the
table" but rather of "something being a book on the table". {da cukta
ga'u le jubme} has also fewer brivla than {lo cukta cu cpana lo
jubme}, which I believe gives rise to more readability.


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