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Re: kona, but not the coffee
la pycyn cusku di'e
> "ko" is not a UI (thank ya, Jesus!), for example,
> nor clearly connected with any of the emotions listed in the book.
i pe'i le nu cusku zo ko pe seba'i zo do cu jarco le nu cinmo da i lo
nu cpecni a lo nu bigycni a lo simsa i pe'i su'o le selcni valsi cu
mapti ro te pilno be zo ko
> Nor is commanding an act who
> primary function is to express an emotion -- its primary function is
to get
> someone to do something; the rest is incidental, if it occurs at
all.
i ki'u ma le tavla cu djica le nu le se tavla cu gasnu da i na xu
srana le nu le tavla cu cinmo da pe le se djica
> As for using
> only the emotion words, I'm not sure (and I don't know how to settle
it)
> whether any emotion word or combination of them has exactly the
force of an
> imperative -- certainly none has the rehetorical force in any
language I
> know of, but Lojban may be odd.
i xu do djuno le du'u makau smuni zoi zoi imperative zoi poi se pilno
do i le du'u simsa le glibau na se zanru
mu'o mi'e adam