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[lojban-beginners] Re: Australian anthem



> > .i loi ro sralo poi ma'a ku'o ko gleki
>
> {poi} begins a nested bridi which would need a selbri.
> {po'u} is what You mean.

Also, notice that {ko} is in the x2 of {gleki}, and
{loi ro sralo po'u ma'a} in the x1. We want a vocative for "Australians all".
I might say:

    doi sralo .e'e mi'o gleki

{mi'o}, rather than {ma'a}, because you are addressing all Australians,
so {mi'o} already covers everyone concerned. I don't think the sense is
"Australians all, let us and others rejoice". {.e'e} works as an exhortative
at least in my usage.

> > .i se ki'u bo le go'i cu citno gi'e zifre

Here we want {.i ki'u bo}, "because", not {.i se ki'u bo}, "therefore".
Or we could make use of the x2 of {gleki}:

   doi sralo .e'e mi'o gleki
   lo nu citno je zifre

mu'o mi'e xorxes