[lojban-beginners] Re: More Lojban word queries

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

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:30:26PM +0100, Chris Howlett wrote:
> Ok, I more-or-less get "tu'a" and "la'e" now, but "sei" is still
> eluding me. Surely the example you just gave would be translated
> as (roughly) "zo .oinai cu se cusku la meiris."?

That's one way to do it.  The other way is:

lu .oi nai sei se cusku la meiris li'u

This comes up when translating *very* long pieces of quotation with
"...", said Alice, "..." in the middle.

-Robin

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