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Re: [lojban-beginners] tatoeba.org
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/11/3 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> 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}.
But you have "rimase", I don't see any "stare" in the ITA.
> Thanks xorxes!
je'e mi'e xorxes
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