Re: [lojban-beginners] About {mi cu facki di'e}

[David Gowers <00ai99@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Timo Paulssen
<timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de> wrote:
> Jorge Llambías wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:39 PM, symuyn <rbysamppi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> {mi cu facki di'e .i mi nelci lonu citka}?
>>
>> Yes, "la'e di'e" is the correct way to say it.
>>
>> mu'o mi'e xorxes
>
> Personally I much prefer {mi nelci lo nu citka sei mi facki}

I agree there.

{mi cu facki la'e di'e .i mi nelci lonu citka}
seems a bit idiomatic and possibly repetitive, in fact, to me it reads like
"I discover [the-me-who-likes-eating]. I like eating"
Or maybe "I discover the liking-to-eat aspect of me-ness" to be more
literal. I'd still argue that this is a bit of an awkward phrasing.

{mi facki lo du'u mi nelci lo nu citka} also works if facki is of
primary importance rather than discursive.
I think du'u may be incorrect in this context, though.. A liking is
really more of an event than a fact, given it can change over time.

{mi facki lo canu mi nelci lo nu citka}
-- changing the meaning slightly to be a bit more specific, "I
discover that I currently.."

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