Re: [lojban] Re: {fa'a} and expressing "towards" in Lojban.

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Sunday 24 June 2012 06:57:18 gleki wrote:
> And there is the same problem with {to'o} which looks like the opposite of
> {fa'a}.
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section%3A+Directional+Spatial  gives the
> example
> ki'u ma lo do gerku cu bajra to'o do"Why does your dog run away from you?"
> Why not teka'a?And what is the relation between {to'o} and {tefa'a}?

"lo gerku cu bajra to'o do' means that the dog is away from you where he runs. 
To indicate that he runs away from you, say "mo'i to'o".

"teka'a" is also correct, but it's a proper preposition, adding a place, not a 
tense marker. "fa'a", being a tense marker, can't take "te".

Pierre

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