[lojban-beginners] Re: "Once More"

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

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 09:24:26PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> On 12/13/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 09:19:33AM -0500, Adam COOPER wrote:
> > > {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.
> 
> What about:
> 
>   ca lo nu do ba za'u re'u kargau lo vorme kei ko jundi lo nu
>   le mabrnfuru na barkla
>   "When you will open the door again, make sure the ferret
>    doesn't get out."

That's "again", not "next time".  Works in this case, I suppose, but
not with a command that is only intended to cover the very next
time, and that time only.  "The next time you come in the house, be
careful because we had the floors done today, and they might be
slippery".

-Robin

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