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[lojban-beginners] Re: Yoda quote



scratch that, I should probably have use the imperative.

pu do cuxna ki'u ko na troci

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
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>> .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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> --
> “Nothing bothers me more than sloth. The objective is to fix mistakes
> of ambition and not make mistakes of sloth. I work my ass off.”
> -Tim Ferriss
>



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“Nothing bothers me more than sloth. The objective is to fix mistakes
of ambition and not make mistakes of sloth. I work my ass off.”
-Tim Ferriss