Re: [lojban] translation exercise

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 04:44:13PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> 
> >"Fortunately, the madman was captured before he murdered someone"
> 
> I think maybe:
> 
>   i'e le fenki cu se kavbu pu ro nu fy catra da
> 
> Of course that doesn't say that he didn't murder anyone _after_
> he was captured, 

Yes it does.

He was captured before _every_ event of his killing someone, due to the
ro.  If he ever kills in the future, or if he ever killed in the past,
the sentence is false.

-Robin

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