Re: [lojban] Re: Saying "also" or "too" in Lojban

[the Edward Blevins <thedward@barsoom.net>]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:17:47AM -0000, zon9@hotmail.com wrote:
> I understand this (except for the initial word "i"), and it seems to 
> me to work fine for this example, but it also seems to me that it 
> doesn't cover all meanings in some other examples. I suppose the 
> obvious example of this, especially after I probably misused "prami" 
> last time, is someone saying to you, "I love you", and you wanting to 
> say, "I love you too." None of "mi ji'a prami do", "mi prami ji'a 
> do", "mi prami do ji'a", or "ji'a mi prami do" have the desired 
> meaning (or at least the meaning you presumably desire), do they?

I think ".i ji'a mi prami do" would be relatively close to the english
meaning, but I think a more lojbanic way of answering "mi prami do"
would be "go'i ra'o". 

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