[lojban-beginners] Re: Yoda quote

[Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com>]

Hmm what I was going for was more like this:

you already chose, do not try

maybe like this...?

.i do pu cuxna .i ko na troci

is that closer, do you think?

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> 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
> --
> li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
> li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
>
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