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[lojban-beginners] Re: as though



de'i li 25 pi'e 08 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Luke Bergen .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> Something that I keep running across the need for is an idea like "as
> though" as in the following example: "run as though you were being chased by
> a tiger".  It seems like this would be something like "under figurative
> conditions" or something but I really have no idea how this sort of thing
> would be expressed.  Any ideas?
.skamyxatra

The best translation that comes to mind is "{se pa'a [lonu]}" -- "similar
to/paralleling [the event of]."

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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