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

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 03:30:47PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> 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", 

I thought that didn't work, because the speaker isn't moving?

> 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.

Erm, yes.  I do, in fact, use {do vikmi} or {do se pinca}; {do
pinca} was a mistake here, not a mistake I normally make in
speaking.

-Robin

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