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[lojban-beginners] Re: example of du'u please?



On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> heh, which usage of "that"?

The conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause.

> "that apple over there",

That one is {va}/{vu}.

>"I am the man that ate the apple",

That one is {poi ke'a}.

> "that which does not kill me will only make me stronger"....

That one would be {lo}.

There's also "that's beautiful", which would be {ta}/{tu}.

> Also, part of my confusion at first was that I thought that du and du'u were
> somehow similar or from the same family or something.  Is this true or is it
> just coincidence that they look similar?

Just coincidence.

mu'o mi'e xorxes