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Re: [lojban-beginners] A few sentences



On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Erik Natanael Gustafsson <eriknatanaelgustafsson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for your thorough replies! .i mi kirsku fi lo do spuda noi tisna lo kevna pe lo se jimpe be mi

A few follow up questions:

What does "ga'orbi'o" mean? I can't seem to find it on jbovlaste.

"ganlo zei binxo"

"ga'o" is the rafsi for "ganlo" and "bi'o" for "binxo", and the -r- hyphen is required to make the lujvo because "ga'obi'o" would just be two cmavo "ga'o bi'o". 

So ca'o can be defined as "bridi is continuously happening during sumti (event)" ?

That would be "ru'i" for "continuously", but yes "bridi is happening during sumti". 
 
I am a bit confused by how the position of the ca'o changes its scope and effect. Does ".i la .erik. pu farlu ri'a lo bolci be lo rokci vau ca lo nu ra ca'o klama" mean that only the going is continuous?

It means that Eric falls at a time when the going is going on (i.e. afer it started and before it is finished).  "ca'o" indicates that the event is in the midst of happening (already started and not yet finished), not so much that it is continuous.
 
Also, is the use of vau correct and necessary here?

No, "vau" terminates the bridi, so you can't add a new term "ca lo nu ra ca'o klama" after it.

Is there a better way to translate the sentence "Accompanied by the whisper of the trees, I dance." without using kansa and stressing that the dancing is a continuous event, because what I really mean is more like a musical accompaniment.

You could use the place structure of "dansu": "mi dansu lo se smasku be lo tricu"

I couldn't find a translation for tenderly, which is why I added iu. Would something like "ka racyju'i sepi'o lo ka prami" work and how would I insert it as an adverb?

"ra ralci cinba mi", "ra racyju'i cinba mi", "ra ralci je prami cinba mi", "ra racpa'i cinba mi", ...
 
Also, could I stress the metaphorical meaning of "in his thoughts" by using pe'a like ".i iu. ra cinba mi pe'a ne'i lo menli vau ca lonu lo sorprekarce cu ca'o cliva"

That would be "ne'i pe'a". "pe'a", like all words in UI, modifies the preceding word. (Or a whole clause if the preceding word starts a clause.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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