Re: [lojban] [nomik] pa mo'o mu moi javni

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 11:00:03AM -0400, .arpis. wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:19 AM, Robin Lee Powell <
> rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> 
> > > 2011/6/1 Felipe Gonçalves Assis <felipeg.assis@gmail.com>
> 
> > > (Comments on my lojban expression of this welcome) )
> >
> > Good, cuz I waz gonna. :)
> >
> > I actually pretty much figured it out, which is a good sign I think.
> > I prefer using causals for this sort of construct, though;
> >
> >  mi zmadu se pluka se mu'i lo nu da'i de'u se krasi li'o
> >
> 
> The thing I don't like about that is that it's not clear which one I prefer.

(I meant "mu'i" rather than "se mu'i")

Sure it does; you would have been more pleased if it had started
with X; that means you prefer X.

Do also note "zmanei":

rlpowell@chain> dl zmanei                                               
1 definition found

From Lojban to English [jbo->en]:

        Word: {zmanei}
        Type: lujvo
  Gloss Word: {like better}
  Gloss Word: {prefer}
  Definition: n1 prefers n2 over z2, because of property/quantity z3, by
            margin z4.
       Notes: Cf. {zmazau}.

> > As a style comment, the ".e nai zo'e" seems pretty pointless;
> > either say what you mean (".e nai lo'u da'a no lo le'u") or skip
> > it.
> >
> In English, I might have said something like "[...] and not ..."
> where I would trail off and use extra-linguistic means to convey
> the second place of "and". {.e nai zo'e} seems to do exactly that,
> and I imagine {co'e} and {zo'e} will see much more use in speech
> than they seem to in writing.

Ah, I see what you're going for there; interesting.  I'd still leave
it off, but it's a pure style issue.

-Robin

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