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Re: [lojban-beginners] Should/Ought

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:09 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
ju'o so'i roi retsku .i ku'i ji'a sai mi krefu retsku di'e .i fanva zo'oi should fu ma to mu'i zoi gy. I should eat .gy. joi zoi gy. I should go to the gym .gy. to mabla me zo zoi javni toi toi

"I'm sure it's been asked many times before; even so, I ask it again: How does one translate "should" (e.g. "I should eat", "I should go to the gym" (Damned "zoi" rules))?

With gismu:

mi bilga lonu citka


With attitudinal (although I wouldn't be surprised if there's disagreement on this one):

mi citka.ei
 
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