[lojban-beginners] Re: Turner/Nicholas lesson question

["Boris Kortiak" <yahoogroups@boriskortiak.com>]

I can't really help as I've just discovered the language recently myself,
but I wanted to let you know that your message was received.  I haven't seen
much activity on the list and have yet to understand the way to use the wiki
pages.  Good luck.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: der Mouse [mailto:mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA]
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 4:40 PM
> To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Turner/Nicholas lesson question
>
> I've more or less just discovered lojban, and I'm plowing through the
> Turner/Nicholas lessons (the stuff linked to off of
> http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure/lessons/book1.html).
> I've got a question about it.
>
> In lesson 9, when talking about ke'a, there's an example
>
>      le mi mensi poi do viska ke'a ca le purlamcte
>      My sister, such that you saw her at the restaurant during the immed
>      iately-preceding-night
>      My sister whom you saw at the restaurant last night
>
> I don't see anything there corresponding to "at the restaurant"; that
> looks to me as though it's just "My sister whom you saw last night".
>
> I must be missing something.  But what?
>
> [I've tried to subscribe to the list, and got the success mail, but
> I've yet to see any list messages, so I'm not yet sure that the list
> can send to me.  A cc: to me on any replies would thus be appreciated.]