[lojban-beginners] Re: Although

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

On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 03:29:04PM -0400, Adam COOPER wrote:
> On 5/27/05, Bruce Webber <bruce@brucewebber.com> wrote:
> > 
> > mi xagji .i mi na citka
> > 
> > I am hungry. I am not eating.
> > 
> > How do I say:
> > 
> > Although I am hungry, I am not eating.
> 
> 
> mi stidi lu .i mi xagji .i se mu'i nai bo mi na citka li'u

This means "I am hungry, therefore it is not the case that I am not
eating".  I'm honestly not sure what happens to the double negative,
but I'm sure both options are not what you want.

I know that the ma'oste has "se mu'i nai' as "nevertheless";
everyone in the BPFK that has looked at that (and the related "mu'i
nai" == "despite") has agreed that it's simply non-sensical.

This page:

http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Causation+sumtcita&bl

discusses the BPFK view of "despite", therefore I suggest

mi na citka .i to'e mu'i nai bo mi xagji

-Robin

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