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

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

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:43:09PM +0100, selpa'i wrote:
> la .pier. cu cusku di'e
> >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.
> 
> {mo'i ne'i} doesn't work, since it would mean that the event of
> the baby peeing (for example) is moving, which is not true, as the
> baby is stationary.

...

If only.  -____-

-Robin, who got peed on by a standing *female* baby this morning.

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