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Re: [lojban-beginners] A few sentences



On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Erik Natanael Gustafsson <eriknatanaelgustafsson@gmail.com> wrote:

You have nothing to fear. (I had difficulties with this one, how do you reference the concept of an emotion?)=
.i lo krinu .ii na zasti
.i lo se terpa be do na zasti
.i lo se terpa pe do cu claxu lo krinu

The first one doesn't work because by using "ii" the speaker is expressing fear, not talking about fear. The other two are fine. You could also say something like "no da ckape", "no da te'apra", or just "ko na terpa" or "ko terpa no da".

On his way to the store, Erik fell on a marble. =
.i la .erik. pu farlu ri'a lo bolci be lo rokci vau ca'o lonu ra klama le zaisle

For me that doesn't work because "ca'o" is the aspect of "farlu", not of "klama", so it seems like you are talking about the time during the fall. ( ~"Eric was falling when he went to the store.")  I would just use "ca lo nu ra klama", or "ca lo nu ra ca'o klama". (But there are other opinions on how to use ZAhOs as tags.)

When the bus left the stop, he kissed me tenderly in his thoughts. =
.i iu. ra cinba mi ne'i lo menli vau ca'o lonu lo sorprekarce cu cliva

Same here, although in this case "he was kissing me in his thoughts when the bus left" makes sense too.

The door locks itself automatically. =
.i lo stela po le ganlo cu zmiku

Not sure why "po" here (I never use it). I would say "lo stela cu zmiku lo ka ga'orbi'o".

With only one hand, Klas won the whole tournament. =
.i la klas. pu jinga fo ro le terjvi se pi'o po'o pa lo xance

If "with only one hand" means "using only one hand", that works. If it means "having only one hand", then "la klas noi se xance lo pa po'o xance cu pu jinga..."

The others seem fine to me, well done!

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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