Re: [lojban-beginners] tatoeba.org

[Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com>]

2010/11/3 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> JBO le mlatu cu nelci le nu sipna vi mi
> I would say "sipna ne'a mi".
>> JBO ti na bridi
> dei na jufra

Ok, I'm going to fix them.

>> 375668
>> ITA Il ragazzo rimase in silenzio
>> JBO lo nanla pu smaji
>
> Isn't that more like "lo nanla cu stali lo ka smaji"?

Actually nowdays the Italians use "stare in silenzio" instead of
"tacere" because it's an irregular verb (I could have said "il ragazzo
tacque" but I fear that many would have had doubts on what the past of
"tacere" is).

So, in this case, "stare" is not in the sense of {stali}.

Thanks xorxes!

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