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Re: [lojban-beginners] Second batch of sentences



On Monday, November 16, 2015 11:01:35 Erik Natanael Gustafsson wrote:
> coi ro do
> 
> I'll start a new thread so that it doesn't get so cluttered with all the
> different sentences. Here are the next four sentences:
> 
> 8. On the origin of species (Darwin) : “We will now discuss in a little
> more detail the Struggle for Existence.”
>
> 8. .i mi'o cu ca zmadu tilcfu casnu ba'e lo ka zasti damba

I'd say "ba zi tilcfuzma ru'e casnu lo nu damba fi lo nu zasti". "We" referring 
to the singular author is not "mi'o", and Lojban is a null-subject language.

Pierre
-- 
Lanthanidia deliciosa: What the kiwifruit would be
if it weren't so radioactive.

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