RE: [lojban] as hard as he could go

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la pier cusku di'e

> I suggest {ry. selka'e sutrai bajra}, or {ry. sutrai be le'i selka'e be ry.
> be'o be'o bajra}, detanruizing it one step.

I should have used {serai le ka sutra}, not just {rai}.

If we detanruize your version one more step we might get
{ry bajra serai le kamsutra verai le'i selka'e be ry}.
He runs with maximum speed, max among his possibilities.

la and cusku di'e

> It doesn't translate the English, but it seems a reasonable
> substitution. If I'd been translating from the Lojban I might
> do "rai le ka sutra" as "at top speed".

Yes, except it had to be {serai}, as it is the x2 of {traji}
that is the speed.

> Of course the English locution is part of a larger paradigm
> that extends to cases like "as soon as is convenient", "as
> quickly as she thought seemly", and so forth, and in these
> cases, "rai le ka" is obviously not an adequate solution.

Would {serai ... verai ...} work for the paradigm?
{serai le ka clira kei verai lei mapti}, {serai le ka sutra kei
verai lei da poi ko'a jinvi le du'u ke'a tcaci mapti}

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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