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Re: [lojban] "merely"



Hmm, that seems like it has a similar problem as {po'o} though.  I want to express "I did not kill john.  I hit him <which is a comparatively non-lethal thing>".  It seems like "merely" in english has a connotation that links it to the previous sentence (or to some implied other action as in the case of "I only want what's best for you <as opposed to the more lethal 'I enjoy ruining your life'>").

Would it be legitimate to say something like "mi na catra la djan .ipo'oje'ubo mi darxi .dy"?  Would that have the connotation that I'm looking for by linking the sentences with {bo}?

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Jameson Orndorff <jtorndorff@gmail.com> wrote:
I think {je'u} attached to either the whole bridi or darxi or po'o
attached to darxi will work fine. po'o implies a scope, so you have no
worries of people thinking that your sole interaction ever with John
is hitting him.

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> How would you express this in lojban?  I'm pretty sure it'd be a discursive
> or evidential, but I couldn't find an appropriate one.
> I did not kill john.  I merely hit him.
> I was thinking {po'o}, but that might just be malglico telling me that
> sometimes you hear "I didn't kill john.  I only hit him".  I don't think it
> has the same connotation.
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