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Re: [lojban] Translation of "ze"



{ba'e} ?
I'm a native francophone, and usage of "ze" like that is just a matter
of emphasis, in my experience.

mu'o mi'e la tsani

On 23 July 2012 08:28, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>   Perhaps le'e or lo'e would be appropriate for that kind of construction.
>
>           --gejyspa
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Escape Landsome <escaaape@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> in french, there are "un, une" which means "a, an" in english...  and
>> "le, la", which means "the" in english.
>>
>> But on some rare occasions, french people say "the" (they can write it
>> "ze"), which then means "the" as in english, but with the connotation
>> that it is "the X that comes obviously"
>>
>> for instance :
>>
>> "Ça c'est ZE problème !" = "That, it's the (obvious, self-evident,
>> main, most important) question !"
>>
>> The idea is that some X (the X which is "ze X") has optimal pertinence.
>>
>> Does Lojban have something for this kind of lo/la/... ?
>>
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