Re: [lojban-beginners] How to say something beyond my level

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

On Friday 22 October 2010 19:06:42 Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > My professor asked me how one would say "While Mary was chopping wood,
> > John began to scream."
>
>  ca lo nu la meris ca'o katna lo mudri kei la djan co'a krixa

x1 of "katna" is the tool. I'd say:

ca lo nu la meris ca'o katnygau fi lo mudri kei la djan co'a krixa

or "mruka'agau" instead of "katnygau" to specify that she was chopping, not 
sawing. (lo ka'amru is an axe.)

Pierre 
-- 
La sal en el mar es más que en la sangre.
Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.

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