Re: [lojban] Baby words: "into", as in "into the toilet".

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 11:48:46 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> How do I say "please pee in the toilet" or "don't pee on the
> ground"?  {fa'a} and {ne'i} both apply to the action of the main
> bridi, right?  So {.e'o do pinca fa'a/ne'i/??? le vimstizu} means
> something rather a lot different (and, in fact, {pinca fa'a le
> vimstizu} is exactly the problem we had earlier today!).
> 
> I don't remember how to fix this; help?

I think you want "mo'ine'i", but "do pinca" is wrong. It should be "do 
pincyvi'i" or "do vikmi". "do se pinca" is also true, but doesn't denote the 
action.

Pierre
-- 
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