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[lojban-beginners] Re: Watch out!
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- Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Watch out!
- From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:53:01 -0700 (PDT)
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> On Sunday 13 September 2009 21:19:47 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> > Suppose you want to give someone an immediate warning.
> > For example, he is about to carelessly step on the pavement
> > and be hit by an oncoming car. {e'unai} seems to weak. It is,
> > after all, only a suggestion not to do something. What should
> > you shout?
>
> o'i! I sometimes say ",o'i .urci" when I see a poison ivy plant - not that
> anyone around understands that.
>
Thanks, everybody! Each of your suggestions seems right for
a specific situation. But I think something is still needed to cover
all situations in which the imminent danger is present, without the need
(or maybe the capability) to specify the details. That's why most
languages have expressions like "watch out!" or "be careful!"
totus