[lojban-beginners] Re: trying poe poetry translation

[peter hering <pjhering@gmail.com>]

> Also, let's talk a tiny bit about tense tagging.  There are a few 
> different categories of tense tag:
Okie doke.  So here is some practice.
> - tagging when an event happened relative to another event, using the 
> tense word itself as a tag: "mi klama pu lo nu mi citka" -- I went, 
> before I ate.  "do xagji ba lo nu do bajra" -- You're hungry, after 
> you run.  (It was confusing to me at first that "pu" means before and 
> "ba" means after; note that the normal tense usage can be understood 
> as before now vs after now.)
Before the workers left they tidied up.
ni'o pu le nu le gunka cu cliva kei ri ganzu

They went to their cars after they left the factory.
.i gy klama le gy karce ba le nu cliva le fanri

While leaving a storm came up.
.i ca la'e di'u co'a carvi
> - tagging how far one event is from another, using the tense intensity 
> markers "zi" "za" "zu" (usually "za") as a tag: "mi klama ba za pa 
> cacra" -- I will go after one hour.  "lo nanla cu 
> citka pu za so'u mentu" -- The boy ate a few minutes ago.
It stoppd rained after half an hour.
.i ba'o carvi ba za pimu cacra

A few minutes before he arrived it stopped raining.
pu so'u mentu le nu da klamu'o kei ba'o carvi
> - tagging how long an event lasts, using the tense duration markers 
> "ze'i" "ze'a" "ze'u" (usually "ze'a") as a tag: "mi bajra ze'a ci 
> cacra" -- I ran for three hours.  "mi se cfipu ze'a lo snidu" -- I was 
> confused for a second.

George Bush has been the president for 7 years, 6 months, and 15 days.
ni'o la djordj.buc. cu merja'a ze'a ze nanca e xa masti e pamu

This has gone on too long.
.i la'e di'u ranji ze'u