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Re: [lojban] Train catching ut nunc



Jorge Llambias wrote:
> Would {jibni snada} be "just barely caught it" and {snada jibni}
> "almost caught it"? That would be fun.

Yes, in fact that can work, I think, thanks to the flexibility
of tanru.  All it takes is interpreting {jibni snada} as
`succeed narrowly' and {snada jibni} as `approach success'.

> We really need a lujvo that means something like:
> 
>    x1 just barely/scarcely/hardly/minimally is/does x2.

Seconded.

--Ivan