[lojban-beginners] Re: How to say "one day out of the blue", "once upon a time", "one day I'll meet her", "this way or another", "somehow"

[gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

On Friday, May 4, 2012 5:31:06 PM UTC+4, iesk wrote:
> Would {ca lo cundei} work for some of those?
>
> mi'e iesk
>
> On May 4, 2:57 pm, gleki <gleki.is.my.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How to say "one day out of the blue", "once upon a time", "one day I'll
> > meet her", "this way or another", "somehow"?
> >
> > I found "ca da" using jufsisku but it doesn't reflect what you mean in
> > English.
> > "Once upon a time". Here we are talking about undetermined time in past.
> >
> > It's all about concepts that have fuzzy borders.

On Friday, May 4, 2012 5:31:06 PM UTC+4, iesk wrote:
> Would {ca lo cundei} work for some of those?

It's not that it's unpredictable. It's that we don't want to know or stress what that time interval was exactly.

 

> mi'e iesk
>
> On May 4, 2:57 pm, gleki <gleki.is.my.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How to say "one day out of the blue", "once upon a time", "one day I'll
> > meet her", "this way or another", "somehow"?
> >
> > I found "ca da" using jufsisku but it doesn't reflect what you mean in
> > English.
> > "Once upon a time". Here we are talking about undetermined time in past.
> >
> > It's all about concepts that have fuzzy borders.

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