Fw: [lojban] A question for the sages: Consecutive Discourse cmavo

["G. Dyke" <gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch>]

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From: "G. Dyke" <gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch>
To: <xod@thestonecutters.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [lojban] A question for the sages: Consecutive Discourse cmavo


> cu'u la xod.
>
> > What are the actual differences between ji'a, si'a, and mi'u?
> >
>
> cu'u X: .i broda .ije brode .i ji'a brodu .i ja'o brodi
> cu'u Y .i mi'u
> cu'u Z: .i si'a brodu .ije brodi .i ji'a broda .i ja'o brode
>
> mi'u = "What he said" as in "Tell her she is a complete and utter waste of
> space, yaddayaddayaddah" "Yeah, What he said"
> or
> "same thing" as in "A cat eats too much, so you can't have one ; le gerku
> mi'u"
>
> ji'a is "additionnaly to the arguments I have already put forward" as in
"A
> cat eats too much so you can't have one. ji'a I'm allergic to cat hairs"
>
> si'a is "following the same line of thought" as in "A cat eats too much so
> you can't have one ; si'a a canary is too picky about it's food, so you
> can't have one"
>
> rodo jmive ma la'e di'u
>
> mu'o mi'e greg.
>