[lojban-beginners] Re: nu'a pi'i

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

2009/6/6 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On 6/6/09, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm trying to jbosku "This is several times more difficult than that".
>> I came up with
>>
>>  ti la'u li so'o nandu zmadu ta
>
> I think "se la'u", because "li so'o" is the se klani, not the klani.
>
>>  ti fo li so'o nandu zmadu ta
>
> I would say the ve zmadu is the difference in difficulty between ti
> and ta, rather than the quotient.

.ua ki'e

>>  ti me li so'o nandu zmadu ta
>>
>> I also ventured
>>
>>  ti nu'a pi'i li so'o nandu semau ta
>>
>> But this one jbofi'e won't parse. Whai is the problem?
>
> "nu'a pi'i" is a tanru unit, so what you have is like "ti broda li
> so'o nandu semau ta"
>
> You need "ti nu'a pi'i be li so'o nandu" or "ti fi'o nu'a pi'i li so'o
> nandu", depending on what you meant.
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes

I see. Upon looking up CLL Chapter 20's "li ni'umu cu nu'a va'a li
ma'umu", I misunderstood that the whole "va'a li ma'umu" was what
"nu'a" was turning into a selbri.

ki'e ke'u mi'e tijlan