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Re: [lojban] last week



On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 02:08:09PM -0400, MorphemeAddict wrote:
>    I'll make a first attempt.
> 
>    On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM, djandus <[1]jandew@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>      So, I noticed that the phrase "next week" has a very excellent lujvo:
>      [2]http://vlasisku.lojban.org/vlasisku/bavlamjeftu
>      My question is in two parts. First, is {lidne} the proper antonym of
>      {balvi}?
> 
>    I think {balvi} has two antonyms, {lidne} and {purci}.
> 
>      Second, is li'elamjeftu a good lujvu for "last week"?
> 
>    No. Since the stress is on "jef", there would be no difference between
>    {li'elamjeftu} and {li'e lamjeftu}. To overcome this, add a hyphen-r after
>    {li'e}: {li'erlamjeftu}.
>    But, based on the analogy of {bavlamdei} ('tomorrow') and {prulamdei}
>    ('yesterday'), I suggest {prulamjeftu}.
>    stevo
> 

oh, neat.  I use prulamjeftu in my task list/calendar for last week.
*does a little dance*

-Alan
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