[lojban-beginners] Re: Yoda quote

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

Going back to this conversation briefly, but leaving aside the proper
interpretation of what Yoda meant. Does anyone see a problem with the
grammar of this utterance?

do zukte jonai troci

you act or try (but not both)

.i xu le jufra cu snada
does this succeed?

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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> --
> “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