[lojban-beginners] Re: i don't know what to do

[HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com>]

i forgot what the second method was, but it included using ma and then adding kau to it...

 

I suggested

{mi na djuno lo du'u gasnu ma kau}

or rather

{mi na djuno lo du'u mi gasnu ma kau},

meaning "I do not know what I'll do."

 

But as the others pointed out, something like

{mi na djuno lo du'u mi bilga ma kau}

"I don't know what I have (ought) to do/be."

may be a better translation.

 

You can read about {kau} at

http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure/lessons/less15.html

"Indirect questions."

 

Matt:

"{mi na djuno du'u la'e mi bilga gasnu ma}"

i pe'i do skudji lu

mi na djuno lo du'u mi bilga gasnu ma

li'u

i ku'i preti i ja'e nitcu zo kau

 

"{djuno}'s x2 {du'u} frustrates me..."

ie