Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Duration questions

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Slightly off topic...  In the bridi {zu de'a limna} am I saying that I swim
> for a long time and then pause, or that I am pausing for a long  amount of
> time?

"zu" does not mean "for a long time", it means "a long time
ago/hence/earlier/later".

"ze'u" is "for a long time".

"(pu) zu de'a limna": I stopped swimming long ago.
"(ba) zu de'a limna": I will stop swimming a long time from now.

I would take "mi ze'u de'a limna" to mean that I am taking a long pause.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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