Re: [lojban] use of {va'i}

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net> wrote:
> Suppose I want to say "The ligustrum, that is, the privet, is starting to 
> bloom." What is the right way to say this?
> .i le spatrligustro va'i trueno co'a se xrula

I think va'i won't break tanru, and besides you are marking 
the first part with va'i rather than the second.

> .i le spatrligustro va'i le trueno co'a se xrula

This one says le trueno co'a xrula le spatrligustro.

> .i le spatrligustro java'i trueno co'a se xrula
> .i le spatrligustro jeva'i trueno co'a se xrula
> .i le spatrligustro .ava'i le trueno co'a se xrula
> .i le spatrligustro .eva'i le trueno co'a se xrula

Those seem like they could work, but I would go with:

  le spatrligustro no'u va'i le trueno co'a se xrula

mu'o mi'e xorxes



	
		
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