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

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

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:15:22PM +0100, selpa'i wrote:
> 
> These two can be combined, to make the first one a little more
> precise:
> 
> pincyvi'i fa'a ne'i lo vimstizu
> pee towards the inside of the toilet

I was going to say that fa'a doesn't work, but you're right; {fa'a}
is only about *facing* of the speaker, not about motion or anything.
But doesn't {fa'a ne'i lo vimstizu} have an imaginary journey of
the speaker facing and then entering the toilet?

> When this is not enough, there are other options — I'll list some
> that first come to mind below, I'm sure there are many more
> options.
> 
> It might sound funny, but maybe {renro} isn't too bad? At least it
> has a destination place.

If we're going to do that, I prefer cecla!  :D

> There is also:
> 
> .e'o do pincyvi'i fau lo nu lo pinci cu tolcliva lo vimstizu nenri

This may be the first correct use of fau I've ever seen.  :D

I snipped the others because I had no further useful commentary; see
elsewhere in the thread for some other interesting options.

-Robin

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