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Subject: Re: translation challenge: "If today is Monday..."
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--- In lojban@y..., thinkit8@l... wrote:
> --- In lojban@y..., "And Rosta" <a.rosta@n...> wrote:
> > Translate into Lojban:
> > 
> > 1. If today is Monday, then tomorrow is Tuesday.
> 
> ti'u lo djedi poi pa moi lo'i jeftu ku'o le balvi lamji djedi cu lo 
> djedi poi re moi lo'i jetfu

oops, make "cu", "cu dunli"
> > [Translation should be true, regardless of when it is said.]
> > 
> > 2. If today is Monday, then tomorrow is Wednesday.
> > 
> > [Translation should be false, regardless of when it is said.]
> > 
> > (Examples from a talk by Jim McCawley.)
> > 
> > I opine that these can be lojbanned using {mu'ei} but by no
> > other method.
> > 
> > --And.