[lojban-beginners] Re: explicit time and space

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday 06 July 2006 06:26, djim.dyBEL. wrote:
> The original bridi:
>
> I read that book.
> {mi tcidu le ta cukta}

{le va cukta} or {ta noi cukta} if it's at medium distance or near the 
listener. {le di'u cukta} if it's the book just mentioned. Otherwise maybe 
{ko'u noi cukta}.

> You use ne'i as the location tense for "within":
>
> I read that book in Moscow.
> {mi tcidu le ta cukta ne'i la moskau.}

{la moskov.} {moskau} means something like "what all things that rub have in 
common".

> You use de'i to attach a date:
>
> I read that book in Moscow on November 15, 1941.
> {mi tcidu le ta cukta ne'i la moskau. de'i li pamu pi'e fei pi'e pasovopa}

Dates are said in the order YYYY-MM-DD when said as a number. DD/MM/YYYY is 
used when said in words: {le pamumoi be le rebjukma'i be le pasovopamoi}, 
with which I would more likely use {ca} than {de'i}.

phma