Re: [lojban] 'good or simple' vs 'good, or simple'

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Monday, May 20, 2013 02:53:43 iesk wrote:
> [eng]
> It is good, or simple.
> → It is good, which amounts to saying it is simple.
> 
> [jbo]
> ? ko'a xamgu co sampu
> ? ko'a xamgu sampu
> ? ko'a xamgu .i sampu
> ? ko'a xamgu gi'e sampu
> ? ko'a xamgu ku'a sampu
> ? ko'a xamgu cei sampu
> ? ko'a xamgu to'i sampu toi
> 
> Is there a casual way of throwing two or more words at your tersku to
> outline the intended meaning without committing to those words’ logical
> relations? Or is that just not the way they talk in Lojbanistan?

I'd say "ko'a xamgu va'i sampu", maybe with a conjunction next to "va'i".

Pierre
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