Re: [lojban-beginners] Starting stories

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

On 10 February 2010 23:27, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:
> In English we have things like "once upon a time" or "one day" that we use
> conventionally to start stories, especially in fiction. Latin takes this one
> step further and uses just one word, "olim", which unlike the English
> version has no tense dependence; it makes sense to use olim in a story about
> the distant future. Does Lojban have anything like this, either defined this
> way (like Latin) or conventionally used this way (like English)? I've been
> hunting for a while and haven't gotten anywhere.

I suggest "puzuku", which means "at a long distance in time toward the
past". I first used it when I translated a Japanese folk tale. In
Japanese they say "mukasi mukasi", meaning "past past", plus "aru
tokoro ni", meaning "at some place", for which I like to use "bu'uku".


mu'o mi'e tijlan