[lojban-beginners] Re: "Once More"

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

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 09:19:33AM -0500, Adam COOPER wrote:
> On 12/12/05, Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru> wrote:
> >
> > Who knows how to translate "once more/once again/one more time"
> > in phrases:
> > "Once more you open the door"
> > "Thank you once again"
> > "Baby one more time"
> > ?
> 
> 
> {za'u re'u} works. {do za'u re'u kargau lo vorme}
>
> There was a discussion at LogFest yesterday about how there's not
> a good way to say "next time" as in "The next time you open the
> door, make sure the ferret doesn't get out."

More specifically, that there's no pure-tense way to do it.

-Robin

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