Re: [lojban-beginners] Mixing tenses

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Monday, April 29, 2013 13:31:54 mudri wrote:
> This is something I've wanted to ask for a while. I can't find a good way
> to compare two non-LE-based sumti that are specifically from different
> tenses.
> 
> I can say “x is more than y used to be” by saying {lo ca broda cu zmadu lo
> pu brode}. But if the sumti are {ko'a} and {ko'e}, I have to resort to {lo
> ca me ko'a cu zmadu lo pu me ko'e}, which seems less than optimal.
> 
> Is that the way it's done? Or is there something on the bridi level?

Could you post an example with specific x and y? It may be easier to suggest 
something.

Pierre
-- 
li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci

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