[lojban-beginners] Re: Yitzik asks his first questions

["Isaac Penzev" <isaacp@ukr.net>]

coi
ki'e pier. .e timos. .i le redo danfu cu cinri

I'd only like to say a few comments.

> "lo birje" would work just as well

My mother tongue (Russian) lacks articles, therefore I feel sometimes 
confused with regards to their correct usage, inspite of my 32 years of 
learning English. Do you mean {lo botpi be *lo* birje}, or a mere {lo birje} 
instead of the whole phrase?

> mi ponse lo cnino karce
That's what I would expect.
On the other hand, animate objects (persons) aren't usually "owned" (expect 
of slavery societies zo'o). I understand you versions for "I've got a wife 
and two children" as occasional. Does it mean we need paraphrases every time 
when the object of "have" is animate, or there may be some other standard 
approaches?

> lo cukta cu cpana le jubme
No. This means "A (certain) book is situated on the table".
> da cukta ga'u le jubme
That may be better. Although it seems a bit literal, and "above" is not 
exactly the same as "upon". What about topic-comment approach here, e.g. {lo 
cukta zo'u ri cpana le jubme}?

> .e'a pei mi samkelci ti
Is the emotional {pei} obligatory here?

la timos. cusku di'e:
> .a'o mi sidju do

.ui go'i
mu'o mi'e .itsik.