[lojban-beginners] Re: "Something besides [...]" translation

[ianek <janek37@gmail.com>]

I'm not very good at deciding between {poi} and {noi} in nonstandard
cases, but here I'd rather use {poi}.
But I wouldn't really say it like this, especially as {xu} attached to
a sumti makes the main sentence an assertion (I can't find a relevant
citation from CLL right now).
For example, {xu do citka lo mi plise} may mean "did you eat my
apple?", while {do xu citka lo mi plise} would rather mean "Is it you
who ate my apple". So you're assrting that something is wanted (unless
I'm wrong).
I would say {xu do djica lo na'e nu tcidu fi lo kibro lisxra ku'o}.
"Something other than..." screams for {na'e} in my opinion.
When it's comfortable to use an experimental gismu, do it. That's what
they're for. {kibro} even has an experimental rafsi {kib}.

mu'o mi'e ianek

On 2 Sty, 01:27, ".arpis." <rpglover64+jbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> {da xu noi na nu tcidu fi lo kibro lisxra ku'o seldji}
> "Is there something you want to do besides reading that webcomic?"
>
> Questions:
> Is my choice of {noi} over {poi} incorrect or otherwise bad?
> Is there something besides an experimental gismu or an absurdly long lujvo
> I can use to describe the internet? Is {lo me la .internet. lisxra}
> reasonable?
> Is there something horribly wrong with the phrasing? Would you say it
> another way?
>
> --
> mu'o mi'e .arpis.

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