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[lojban] Re: le zdilisre



John E Clifford wrote:
>>ca lo cerni le ninmu cu cusku fi le speni fe
>>   lu .i doi dirba .i do cusku 
> 
> probably {bacru}, the act of uttering sound, not
> the message conveyed {cusku} or the topic {tavla}

I think it doesn't matter here, because they are discussing.

>>ca lenu do pu sipna li'u
>>ju'e
> 
> 
> ?change speakers? probably no connective needed 

Robin Lee Powell had been using this in {la nicte cadzu} everywhere?

>>   lu sai
> 
> {sai} usually attaches to another emotion word to
> strengthen the emotion.  What does it mean
> standing alone.  Or is it meant to strengthen
> {uenai}: "Yeah, that happens all the time"?  Or

There are two speakers. One is the wife, the other her husband.

(memory translation from Russian)

W: Dear, you talked when you've been sleeping last night.
H: Well, that's possible sometimes. (nothing strange, everybody may)

> (looking ahead) is it meant to make {ku'i} more
> emphatic: "BUT," not just "however"?

Yes.
W: But you were talking by ICQ!

>>ku'i do pu cusku fo la'o ky. ICQ ky.
>>li'u
> 
> Most comments turn out not perhaps to be relevant
> for the joke.

.ie mi cu tugni



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