Re: [lojban] Hesitation sounds in natural langauge

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:05 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> .y. mu'onai
> uh... (I'm not finished)
>
> .y. mu'o / be'e / pe'u
> um... (ok, I'm done) / (say something) / (please)

Also maybe:

.y mu'o cu'i
um... (I'm trying to think what to say next, and I may still say
something but do feel free to jump in)

> I could also use "ju'i" / "ju'inai" to call on or off the listener's
> attention to my flow of utterance. For example:
>
> mi pu viska lo nu do gasnu lo nu .y. ju'inai
> I saw you doing... um... whatever, forget about it.

You would need ".y co'e ju'inai"  or  ".y su ju'inai" if you want the
"ju'inai" to get parsed.

BTW, "gasnu" doesn't mean "do", despite the misleading keyword. It
means "make". Not "do something" but "make someone (usually someone
else) do something".

mi viska lo nu do zukte .y  lo nu carpi'e
I saw you doing ... uh... somersaults.

mi viska lo nu do gasnu .y lo nu carpi'e
I saw you making ... uh... (someone) do somersaults.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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