[lojban-beginners] Re: Story time

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 04:39:25AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > .i lo pulji cu klama by. .ije ku'i noda .ianai viska node .ianai
> > 
> > I'm not sure of the distinction you're trying to draw between {noda}
> > and {node}, quite likely because I don't entirely understand them.
> > :-/
> > 
> > "The police came/come to B., but I can't believe nobody at all
> > saw/sees nothing at all; I still can't believe it."
> 
> Under the usual interpretation, the two negatives will cancel and
> {noda viska node} would be equivalent to {roda viska su'ode},
> "everybody saw something". 
> 
> To say that nobody saw anything you'd have to say {noda viska su'ode}
> or {roda viska node}.

Also "roda na viska rode", I think.

-Robin

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