[lojban-beginners] Re: Lightbulb

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

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 05:15:33PM -0400, Daniel Adamec wrote:
> What {sumti tcita} would be used for 'because' in a response to
> the query "why is the light bulb bright?". (apologies for the
> simplicity of the sentence).

.i ri'a bo le jinme cu glare

> I had thought {ri'a} because there are several physical causes
> (the switch being moved to the 'on' position, .

.i ri'a bo mi pilno le vraga

> the electricity moving through the filament, etc.).

.i ri'a bo le jinme cu se dikca

-Robin

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