[lojban-beginners] Re: la melpelkre .e le ci cribe

["Turniansky, Michael [UNK]" <MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com>]

> On 6/1/07, Turniansky, Michael [UNK] <MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com>
wrote:
> > > {pu ca'o citka} or {pu citka pi so'u ...} would make things
clearer.
> > > Without {ca'o} or {pi su'o} I read them as completed events.
> >
> >  Well, aren't they completed?  She isn't eating the porridge any
> > longer...

> The eating was not completed in those cases, she stopped eating
> the porridge before the event of her eating the porridge was complete.

> {pu citka} could be {pu mo'u citka} or {pu ca'o citka}, but since in
this
> case it is important and relevant that {mo'u} is not the actual
aspect,
> I think making the {ca'o} explicit is useful to prevent the {mo'u} 
> reading.

  Another thought:  How about the parents say, "da pu co'a citka le  mi
mavypesxu"  (note I used "co'a" not "ca'o here" and Baby bear says, "da
pu co'a citka le mi mavypesxu .ije i'enai mo'u go'i "?