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[lojban-beginners] Re: imperative {mi}?



On Friday 12 May 2006 05:42, Philip Newton wrote:
> "To pay a bill" doesn't seem to map well into the place structure of
> {pleji}, since the bill is neither the recipient of the payment nor
> the service paid for, and while {janta} is good for "bill", I'm not
> sure how to specify that it's a phone bill -- what goes into x2? {lo
> se fonxa} "the telephone network"? But that's not a service... {lo te
> selfu pe lo se fonxa} "the service loosely associated with the
> telephone network"?

I suggest making a lujvo {jatle'i}. j2=p4, j3=p1, and j4=p3. I think j2 is lo 
nu pilno le fonxa.

How do we distinguish a bill from an account? I have had one account with the 
phone company for the last year, but twelve bills.

phma