Re: [lojban-beginners] Just having trouble putting a sentence together in general... Think I figured it out

[".arpis." <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>]

I'd say {mi catlu lo jurme sepi'o lo cmactatci} if you want to
emphasize the looking portion (possibly use {lanli} instead of
{catlu}) and {mi pilno lo cmactatci lo nu catlu lo jurme} if you want
to emphasize the use of the microscope. Alternatively, {mi pilno lo
cmactatci tu'a lo jurme} if you are okay with losing some precision
(it's pretty clear what you're using a microscope to do to bacteria
anyway.

You could even say {cmactatci mi lo jurme} if you wanted to be
particularly terse.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:24 PM, RexScientiarum <amt2839@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a little confused as to how I can make this sentence:
>
> I use a microscope to look at the microbe.
>
>
> I guess this is the best way to say this:
>
> .i mi cu zgana lo jurme le cmactatci
>
> At first I used pilno to say that I would use the microscope more like
> I had originally envisioned the sentence in English but then I
> couldn't figure out I could use that to say I 'used' the microscope to
> 'look' at the microbe.  There aren't enough sumti x spaces for that or
> any direct way to relate that x1(I) am using x2(microscope) in manner
> x3(to look at)....... a microbe..... right?
>
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