tijlan, On 15/08/2012 15:05:
On 15 August 2012 14:04, selpa'i<seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:The emphasis seems different, which is why I personally like to use {ma kau} for some of these cases. mi djica lo nu klama ma kau I want to go whereverOn 15 August 2012 14:37, selpa'i<seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:All those things are the same thing, just in different sumti places. You can say mi citka ma kau mi citka ca ma kau mi citka bu'u ma kau mi citka ta'i ma kau mi citka tai ma kau etc.That wouldn't work consistently with {du'u}. According to that interpretation, one would have do djuno lo du'u mi citka ma kau You know that I eat anything. do djuno lo du'u mi djica lo nu klama ma kau You know that I want to go wherever , which are wrong.
So "mi citka ma kau" would mean not "I eat anything" but rather "I eat whatever it is that I eat" -- because "do djuno lo du'u mi citka ma kau" means "Whatever it is that I eat, you know know that I eat it" = "You know what I eat". That makes "mi citka ma kau" still possibly useful, but doesn't give us a way to say "I eat anything". For that, I suggest "ro da su'o mu'ei ku mi citka da", "ro da ka'e ku mi citka da", "I could eat anything", or else "ro da ro mu'ei ku mi citka da", "I would eat anything". --And. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.