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Possibly simple sentence
- To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org
- Subject: Possibly simple sentence
- From: Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:54:15 -0500
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Hi,
This is my first time posting here, and I think my question is fairly simple. For some quick background, I'm big on interactivity in learning, especially with languages; I find that once you have some basic foundation, just trying to write a few sentences a day in the language is a good way to improve while still having some fun. I've done this a few times, but this time I think I've gotten a bit stuck.
In this case, the school that my friend, whom I'll call "Cat", attends is closing down. My first attempt at translating this was:
le la mlatus. ckule cu se ganlo
When I went back and re-translated this, I got more or less "Cat's school is prevented access to". (The poor English being needed to keep "Cat's school" in the subject, as far as I can see.) This isn't quite right, though; her school is a place, but it is also an organization, one which will not continue to exist after it closes down. And I don't easily see a way to describe this idea. Do you all have any ideas?
Latro