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[lojban-beginners] Re: Yoda quote



What about this then?

pu do cuxna ki'u do na troci

2009/10/20 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>> On Tuesday 20 October 2009 00:46:11 Luke Bergen wrote:
>>> see I understood yoda to be saying "you either do, or do not do.  'trying'
>>> is an illusion".  As in, you either do what you intend to do, or you do
>>> not, there is no such thing as "try".
>>
>> That's how I too understand it. That's why I said "troci na'i".
>
> Yes, definitely.
>
> Here's another, somewhat more cryptic version:
>
> .ai .ainai .a'ina'i
> Will, won't, no "I'll try".
>
> Whether Yoda says "troci na'i" or ".a'i na'i" will depend on what Luke
> said before. if Luke says "je'e mi ba troci", Yoda would respond
> "troci na'i", if Luke says "je'e .a'i", Yoda would say ".a'i na'i".
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
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