Re: [lojban-beginners] My five tatoeba translations: feedback?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday 04 November 2010 08:52:27 Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> > "ti'u" and "de'i" are for the time when an appointment is set for, the
> > date of a letter, and the like. I just got back from a meeting be ti'u li
> > pabi, but I actually got there ca li pasopi'eji'icino.
>
> Wouldn't you say:
>
>    li pabi cu tcika lo nu .ei mi penmi da
>   .i ku'i li pasopi'eji'icino cu tcika lo nu mi tolcliva
>
> Or, "raising" the subclauses:
>
>    .ei mi penmi da ti'u li pabi
>    .i ku'i mi tolcliva ti'u li pasopi'eji'icino

"ei mi penmi da" wasn't true. The meeting was scheduled from 18 to 22 so that 
people going there from work could get there late.

> The only problem with "ca li ..." is that in some cases it may not be
> clear if you are giving a time or a date.

I normally say a date as "le <namcu> moi be le <masti>". If the date is said 
in numbers and includes the year, the only time it can be mistaken for a time 
is before the year 24, which can be remedied by saying "nono" at the 
beginning of the year. If it's just month and day, all valid dates are also 
valid times.

Another option is to use the 12-hour clock: "li <pa .. pare> pe lo 
cerni/donri/vanci/nicte".

Pierre
-- 
Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar.

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