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[lojban-beginners] POM 2: This is Green Man Land



Correcting the above with advice from Pierre, Timo, and Ted, and then continuing the scene:

JARL THON

doi noltruti'u ga'i nai le vi nenli'i cupra cu facyspofu

SUPER: O Princess, this ray generator is utterly broken

(O Princess (meekness) this at-hand energy-ray generator is-absolutely-broken)
Fix basic ti/vi error, and for voc.-hopeless broken using tanru absolutely-broken.

.i. ma'a na ka'e ca'o cupra le lafti

SUPER: We cannot keep generating lift.

(we-all not are-able-to continuatively generate the lifting)
ca'o for ca'a (typo); and replacing {na kakne lo nu cupra} with {na ka'e cupra}.

DEJAH THORIS

lo zu'o vofli cu renvi fi ma?

SUPER: How long can we keep flying?

(the-truly activity-of flying, endures how-long?)

JARL THON

cacra li me'i pa .i.

SUPER: Less than an hour. And,

(Thanks to all for pointing to class PA3, and the (here-elided) be attachment to modify hour.)

ti ru'u tutra lei ri'opre

SUPER: These are Green Man lands

(this surrounding territory-controlled-by those described as green-persons)

e'u ma'a carna fi le berti .ice'o ma'a janli le dertu

SUPER: We should turn North before we hit ground.

(suggest we-all turn toward the north and-then the event-of we collide with the dirt)

I'm very unsure of that last. How do we say things like "let's eat before we go to the theater"? {.ice'o} connects two sequential statements but I want a {pu} in there somehow to say "before" -- or do I?

That's enough for now. Next: the Princess puts her foot down.