[lojban-beginners] Introduction

[Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com>]

I suspect that my last message did not go through, because I sent it to lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org. I might be wrong; if so, my apologies. That said, here is my previous message:

This is my first time posting here, and I think my question
is fairly simple. For some quick background, I'm big on interactivity
in learning, especially with languages; I find that once you have some
basic foundation, just trying to write a few sentences a day in the
language is a good way to improve while still having some fun. I've
done this a few times, but this time I think I've gotten a bit stuck.

In this case, the school that my friend, whom I'll call "Cat",
attends is closing down. My first attempt at translating this was:
le la mlatus. ckule cu se ganlo
When
I went back and re-translated this, I got more or less "Cat's school is
prevented access to". (The poor English being needed to keep "Cat's
school" in the subject, as far as I can see.)  This isn't quite right,
though; her school is a place, but it is also an organization, one
which will not continue to exist after it closes down. And I don't
easily see a way to describe this idea. Do you all have any ideas?

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