On 1/5/07, Cyril Slobin <slobin@ice.ru> wrote:
My problem is not to evaluate what English statement "You promise is silly" means. I am not a fluent English speaker and probably do not catch such a subtleties. In Russian language all three meanings are possible. My problem is how to express this last meaning in Lojban, as short as possible.
I understand, yes, the topic has deviated from your question. To say
"Keeping your promise would be silly" I suggest:
{lo nu zukte lo se nupre be do cu se bebna}
mu'o mi'e xorxes