[lojban-beginners] Re: Yoda quote

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 23:06:55 Ryan Leach wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com> wrote:
> > scratch that, I should probably have use the imperative.
> >
> > pu do cuxna ki'u ko na troci
>
> Hmm, I don't think I used the right modal connective there.

Doesn't parse. It's equivalent to "pu do zo'e cuxna ki'u ko zo'e na troci", 
which means "before you (something) chooses because of you (something) 
doesn't try". If you place "i" before "ki'u", it parses, but doesn't make 
much sense.

Pierre
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