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[lojban-beginners] Re: How to say "Two months later"
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:44:03AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> --- Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > That's an *excellent* use of ji'e, though.
>
> It is? It seems extremely metaphorical to me.
>
> li papaci'e cu jimte lo nu mi se slabu lo valsi
>
> 11% is a limit/bound/extreme of my knowing words.
That makes perfect sense to me, although I would phrase it
differently:
li pa pa ci'e cu jimte le se djuno be mi lo lojbo valsi
> But {papace'i lo valsi}, "11% of the words" is much more
> straightforward.
Oh, ce'i is in PA. I thought it was in MOI. OK, so then {mi djuno
pa pa ce'i lo valsi} works.
-Robin
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