Subject: Re: [lojban] Year-only Dates

From: "G. Dyke" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:39:48 +0100

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> Now I can express:
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> .i lo jbena be fa mi be'o cu cabna le pasozevomoi nanca .i
> I was born in 1974.
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> .i lo jbena be mi be'o cu cabna le pasosobimoi nanca .i
> I gave birth in 1998.
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> (Yes, the second statement is false.)
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> Now, tell me if something is wrong with my use.

I'm not sure what {lo jbena be fa mi} means, but pe'i it reduces to {mi} :
lo jbena is a person who is/was/shall be born

So **I am concurrent w/ 1974 or
**The one I gave birth to is concurrent w/1998

Is not right - it should be lo[pa]nu jbena be mi....

Greg