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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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