[lojban-beginners] Re: Could you give some examples

[tijlan <picos.picos@gmail.com>]

2008/12/27 J Y <kkm2019@gmail.com>:
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>> lo zarci cu binxo lo briju
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>> lo zarci cu cenba lo ka kumfa ce'u
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>> mi galfi lo zarci lo briju
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>> mi jai stika lo ka lo zarci cu kumfa ce'u
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>> lo zarci cu zasni lo ka kumfa ce'u kei mi
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> Oh  can you give their meanings ?

This is my attempt as a non-native English speaker:

lo zarci cu binxo lo briju
a shop becomes an office

lo zarci cu cenba lo ka kumfa ce'u
a shop changes in its quality as a divisional structure
(implication: so that it becomes an office)

mi [jai] galfi lo zarci lo briju
I turn a shop into an office

mi jai stika lo ka lo zarci cu kumfa ce'u
I adjust the way in which a shop is a divisional structure
(implication: so that it can function as an office)

lo zarci cu zasni lo ka kumfa ce'u kei mi
a shop is not permanent in its quality as a divisioanl structure, so I expect
(implication: it may be turned into an office)


> And  i see these selbri have more than one place , such as "condition"
> "amount" "degree" "standard" .... What are those ?

I can think of this example:

so'e prenu cu cenba lo ka xalni lo ni so'i lo za'i morsi jibni
most people get to panic to a great degree in the face of death

(Those "condition" places are safely forgettable since we have a more
practical substitute for it: "va'o".)


> { mi galfi } seems have to be { mi jai galfi }

You're right.


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