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Re: [lojban-beginners] ko vs do in requests



Then how would you say "Let's go to the mall."?  {.e'u mi'o klama lo se zaisle}, right?

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
Ahhh but gejyspa, how else would you translate oliver twists request {pe'u nanmu mi djica lo zmadu}?  ;)

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
 I personally would always use ko with them.
 To me, if you said "pe'u do dunda  lo djacu mi"  It would imply
something more along the lines almost of "Thank you for giving me
water" (please, you are giving me water).
       --gejyspa


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
> e'o and pe'u, as well as e'u, to a slightly different extent, convey that
> the listener should act in some way.  Is there an established style for when
> to use ko in addition to them?
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>           Alex R
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