[lojban] Re: xalbebna

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 06:34:44PM +0200, HeliodoR wrote:
> > B: .a'u doi patfu da jimpe lo du'u de xalbebna kei ta'i ma
> >
> You can express these rather metalinguistic B's and P's easily.
> {by lu [bridi] li'u} is equivalent to "B: [bridi]". 

According to whom, exactly?

> Moreover, I think You meant {da jimpe lo du'u da xalbebna}, one
> realizes that one is drunk.

True.

> > P: xu do viska ta po'u re ninmu .i ganai ta simlu lo ka vomei
> > ninmu kei
> >da gi .e'e da xalbebna
> >
> {ta} (I may include an 'AFAIK' again) is normally used for objects
> near to the listener but the speaker not. {tu} is safer.

No; objects or locations near to the speaker.  The listener is
irrelevant.

-Robin

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