[lojban-beginners] Re: cu'e

[turnip <turnip@bcpl.net>]

>===== Original Message From "Vid Sintef" <picos.picos@gmail.com> =====
>On 8/22/07, turnip <turnip@bcpl.net> wrote:
>> >> 24.9)    do puzi je cu'e sombo le gurni
>> >>     You [past] [short] and [when?] sow the grain?
>> >>     You sowed the grain a little while ago;
>> >>         when else do you sow it?
>> >
>> >Yes, that's what I had read. But there are some points which make me
>> >uncertain of this explanation. Firstly, why is this {cu'e} defined to
>> >be questioning PU or ZI ("when?") and not ZEhA ("how long?")?
>>
>>   Who said it is not?
>
>The paragraph specifically says it is [when?], which means it is other
>than [how long?] or [where?] etc. But the question can also be
>interpreted as something like "You [past] [short] and [where?] sow the
>grain?", which is to me seems more likely.
>
>Why not simply [tense?]?
>
  Which is exactly the way they translated it in 24.3  Don't be too caught up
in the English glosses.  In 24.9, since the questioner expected a "when"
answer, that's how it was translated.  But yes, the answer could have "vu" or
"ze'a", or even "di'o le foldi"

            --gejyspa

>         --vid