[lojban] Re: lo nu mi senva

["Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:59 AM, komfo,amonan <komfoamonan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:27 AM, james riley <jimr1603@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > xrani mi lo ka cinmo .i lo nu terpa cu mukti lo nu mi mi fukpi gau mi .i
>>
>> I'm not really a jbocre myself, but "ka" doesn't sound quite right
>> here. I'd say either {cinmo xrani} or maybe {tu'a cinmo}.
>
> x3 of {xrani} is defined as a property (ka).

Yes, my concern is that {cinmo} in this context isn't really a ka.

>> > .i ni'o fi la cizra pu preti mi fa lo du'u lo mo ninmu cu mi nelci
>>
>> Also, I think you might have meant {fe la cizra}. And I'm not sure
>> what exactly you mean by {mo}--who? what sort?
>
> {lo du'u lo mo ninmu mi cu nelci} -- switch {mi} and {cu} to fix it. Also,

ie i ku'i bo na se vajni zoi gy Well, my fix has the same meaning, but
anyway... gy

Just getting rid of the {cu} works too.

> {fi la
> cizra} is correct; the x3 of preti is the questioner.

{mi djuno lo du'u go'i}. Lojgloss doesn't let me get place meanings
wrong very easily. I think the meaning is supposed to be "but the
strange question to me is", which would put {la cizra} (which I'm
interpreting as {lo cizra}) in x2, question subject, and {mi} in x3,
questioner(s), requiring {fe} instead of {fi}. I'm not sure what the
interpretation would be with {fi}. I guess you'd have to know what {la
cizra} is referring to.

Chris Capel
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